I upgraded from Debian 1.3 to Debian 2.0 and am now having problems with the mouse pointer under X. When moving the mouse, the pointer generally moves in the right direction, but it appears to jump around erratically. This occurs all the time, whether moving the mouse fast or slow. During any given move, I would estimate that the pointer appears in the right location about one-half of the time, while the other half of the time it appears in random locations in any direction, a few inches from where it should be (the direction or incorrect offset does not seem to be consistent). When positioning a window, the window outline moves smoothly with no jumping while at the same time the pointer still jumps around erratically.
I am using a Logitech MouseMan serial mouse. The Pointer section in the XF86Config file is the same (between my Debian 1.3 and 2.0 setup); the protocol is MouseMan. I installed gpm. No strange behavior occurs with the gpm mouse pointer in a non-X console screen. I used the gpm mouse test program and it correctly identified the mouse as a MouseMan. If I should direct this problem to an XF86 forum or mailing list, could someone please tell me which XF86 version was used with Debian 1.3 (so I can indicate that the problem appeared when going from version x to version y). -- Denny Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
