On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 10:42:24PM +0200, Reto wrote: > When I startx the mouse jumps around wildly. It works for some seconds, > then it hops around, also pressing buttons. This makes working impossible, > of course :( > I have Debian Sid, a Logitech cordless Desktop, so a PS/2 mouse, which is > configured in X as standard "configured" mouse on dev/psaux. > Why does this happen and how can I fix it?
My best guess is that you have gpm running, and it's messing with the mouse. Try apt-get remove gpm, and if that fixes it, you could either go without gpm, or at least you'd know where the problem came from, which would help you to fix it. David.
