* Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 09:58:09PM -0800, Cam Ellison wrote: > > * csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Fri, 08 Mar 2002 21:17:27 -0600 > > > Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > <snip> > > So what are your settings? I have one on my kids' machine, and it is as > > flaky as can be. > > If you're talking about the Logitech Optical Mouse, I have several and > with one exception found them easy to set up and get working. > > My XF86Config-4 has > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Logitech Optical Mouse M-BJ58" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Buttons" "5" > Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device" "/dev/misc/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > However, I did have one machine with an el-cheapo athlon motherboard > that would freak out if the optical mouse was plugged into it, usb or > ps/2. What was really strange is that this problem occurred in linux > and Win2k, and not with other mice! Finally I got pawned that system > board off to someone who uses an intellimouse (and windows) instead. > > Thanks, Nathan. That confirms most of what I have been seeing. I set it up as per yours above, and it works like a dam. Wiping out gpm helped, I think. One weird (?) thing I noticed that probably caused much of the problem was the presence of two mice in XF86Config-4: a generic and the Logitech. Both were listed as live. Naturally, I have it set for one only.
Thanks for the assistance. Cam -- Cam Ellison Ph.D. R.Psych. From Roberts Creek on B.C.'s incomparable Sunshine Coast [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
