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Date:      Sun, 6 Oct 2002 09:18:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Dru <dlavigne6@cogeco.ca>
To:        Nick Slager <zith@zith.net>
Cc:        Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Mouse jumping all over the place in X
Message-ID:  <20021006091739.B1552-100000@dhcp-17-14.kico2.on.cogeco.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20021006020332.A69098@zith.net>

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On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Nick Slager wrote:

> Thus spake Lucky Green (shamrock@cypherpunks.to):
>
> > I just bought a Memorex MX4200 PS/2 optical mouse. When attempting to
> > use X with the new mouse, the pointer jumps all over the place upon the
> > slightest movement of the mouse.
> >
> > The relevant entry of XF86config follows:
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >         Identifier  "Mouse0"
> >         Driver      "mouse"
> >         Option      "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
> >         Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
> > EndSection
>
> MouseSystems is almost certainly not the correct protocol.
>
> Try changing it to "auto" or "PS/2".


Except use "Auto" as it is case sensitive. Been bitten by that one before :)

Dru


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