Hi Pete, Thanks for the reply.
> >is gpm running? Yes, like so: /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/psaux -t ps2 -l "a-zA-Z0-9_.:~/\300-\326\330-\366\370-\377" > >do you see any gpm messages in /var/log/messages? Unfortunately, no. The only reference I see to the mouse is: "Dec 15 08:05:15 cass16 kernel: Detected PS/2 Mouse Port." at boot time. > >do you see any wierd messages on the console that you started X from? > the messages from X seem to be problem-free. The mouse shows up only in the following two lines, when X starts: (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, resolution: 100 (**) Mouse: buttons: 3, 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms) Now, this last comment got me poking around, and I found I was using an old driver for my video card (XBF_NeoMagic). So, I moved up to the one that came under dselect with xfree86 (3.3.6-11potato): /usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA Unfortunately, this didn't fix the mouse. Any other thoughts? Might it help to go to XFree86 4.0.1 ? Biff >On Thu 14 Dec 00, 11:22 AM, William Heindl said... ...snip... >> I have a problem with the focus of my mouse. Intermittently (maybe >> 10% of the time), the mouse focus fails to change to the new window >> I'm pointing at. So, I aim at a new window, but my keystrokes come >> up in the last window I was typing in. Sometimes it even seems like >> I'm trying to type on the desktop, as I get a warning beep at every >> keystroke. Oddly, when this is happening I can still paste the mouse >> buffer into the desired window. =20 >>=20 >> This problem started a while back, but unfortunately I'm not sure what >> I changed. >>=20 >> I'm running kernel 2.2.14 on an IBM 560Z Thinkpad. I recently updated >> to xfree86 3.3.6-11potato, but this didn't fix things. Also, I run >> olvwm, but I tried other window managers and that didn't help. And, >> I am setup for input area select by pointing and not clicking. >>=20 ...snip....
