[NTLUG:Discuss] Funky mouse behavior in FC3

[Terry]

On 6/16/05, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> <wild guess>
> I think RH / FC uses gdm -  try kdm instead ?
> </wild guess>

or mlm  (looks like mlm is new) 
 
 
> On 6/16/05, lonny.dahl at verizon.com <lonny.dahl at verizon.com> wrote:
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> > Over the weekend, I purchased an Airlink 4 port KVM switch and connected it
> > to 3 of my computers.  One is a FC3 64 bit machine, one is an old
> > Smoothwall box and the other is our old dual boot Weenderz 98/FC3 box.  All
> > 3 boxes boot up ok, I get video on all, keyboards work on all, but the dual
> > boot box now is doing some funky things with the mouse.  I know it's a FC
> > thing because the mouse works fine in Weenderz.  What it's doing is, once
> > the machine boots to the login screen, moving the mouse around causes it to
> > jump to the far lower left corner of the screen and it acts like it's
> > clicking on apps as it goes over them.  If you log into a user session, it
> > does the same thing.  If you move it VERY slowly, it'll move just a bit in
> > the direction you're moving it to, but then jumps right back to the lower
> > left corner.  If you get it to pass over an icon on the panel, it brings up
> > that app like you clicked on it.
> >
> > I know this has to be a configuration issue, but have no idea where to go
> > to see how to fix it.  I've checked the /etc/X11/XFree86.conf file and the
> > mouse seems to be configured correctly there.  It has to have something to
> > do with X because it seems to work properly on a text session when booting
> > into userlevel 3.  I have also tried removing the computer from the KVM
> > switch and connecting the monitor, mouse and keyboard directly to the
> > computer, but it's doing the same thing, so it's obvious a configuration
> > file somewhere has been changed.
> >
> > Any ideas what to look for?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > L. Wayne Dahl
> > Fiber Network Technician
> > FTTP Fiber Solutions Center
> >
> >
> >
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