[TriLUG] Red Hat 8.0, X, and mouse question

[Matt Hoover]

Thanks, this was what I needed to get the touchpad working, and now I can
take my time getting the external mouse working.
--matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Tower [mailto:jason at cerient.net] 
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 7:57 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Red Hat 8.0, X, and mouse question
> 
> 
> try running redhat-config-mouse.  selecting a generic 
> 2-button mouse works 99% 
> of the time, once that works then try either the intellimouse 
> or generic 
> wheel mouse setting.
> 
> jason
> 
> On Friday 25 October 2002 18:24, Matt Hoover wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > I have just installed Red Hat 8.0 on a Gateway Solo 2300 
> laptop.  Most
> > everything is working well, except for the mouse in X.  I 
> have tried with
> > both the touchpad that is built into the laptop, and with a 
> Microsoft Wheel
> > Mouse 3.0 PS/2 Compatible mouse.  When I am using the 
> touchpad, the problem
> > is that the mouse cursor keeps returning to the lower left 
> corner of the
> > screen.  With the PS/2 mouse, there is a lot of jitter when 
> I move the
> > mouse.  It is especially bad when I try to click on a 
> button on the screen.
> > During the install I told the X configuration that I had a Microsoft
> > Intellamouse PS/2.  I am trying to figure out what driver I 
> need to make
> > things work, and where to get the driver.  I have not had 
> any luck with
> > Google searches, probably because I don't know the right keywords.
> > Any and all help appreciated in advance,
> > --matt hoover
> 
> -- 
> Jason Tower
> Cerient Technologies
> jason at cerient.net
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