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Matthew J Brodeur wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, John Abreau wrote: > > > From: Pierce C. Barnard <pbarnard at ultranet.com> > > > > Hi, I recently obtained Redhat V6.0 and installed it on an old pc that I > > have. I got everything to work, except the mouse. For some reason it > > keeps on going into the upper-right hand corner of the screen. I opted to > > use KDE as my desktop. Can you help me? Thank you. > > This may sound too simple, but are you using the right protocol setting > for the mouse you have? I've seen strange behaviors come from, say, > choosing the "Generic 2-button" setting for a Logitech 3 button mouse. > That's probably not the problem, but it's easy enough to check. I'd > just rerun Xconfigurator and select the closest match to the right mouse. I agree with Mat. You can probably fix this by simply editing the /etc/XF86Config (or /etc/X11XF86Config) file. This is for a PS/2 mouse. The Red Hat xconfigurator, XF86Setup or SuSE sax will do this for you. Section "Pointer" Protocol "PS/2" Device "/dev/mouse" Also I have heard of problems on some systems when using both GPM and X. -- Jerry Feldman (HP On-Site Consultant) http://gbrweb.msd.ray.com/~gzf/ +-------------------------------------------------------+-----Note: ------+ | Raytheon Electronic Systems (W) (781)999-1837/1-1837 | My views may not| | Mail Stop: S3SG10 (F) (781)999-4030/1-4030 | reflect the | | 180 Hartwell Road (W) gzf at gbr.msd.ray.com | views of my | | Bedford, MA 01730-2498 (FWD:H+W) gaf at blu.org | employer. | +-------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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