You never said what mouse, but try "Protocol" "Auto" in the mouse section instead of "Protocol" "Microsoft" Vern On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 03:05:08 -0500 (EST) "Ken Arromdee" <arromdee@rahul.net> wrote: > Since my previous version of this message seems to have been wiped, here > goes again... > > I'm having a problem, which I've had for several 4. versions of X, where when > I start up X, the cursor briefly appears in the center of the screen and > then moves to an odd position. > > Details: > -- This is a new Mandrake Linux 9.0 installation. > -- I am normally starting X using startx. > -- The bad cursor position is the same every time. It's at about (650,150), > in the upper right corner, on an 800x600 screen. If I use a 1024x768 screen > instead, I still get a bad cursor position, but not in the same location as > the 800x600 one. > -- It appears to be happening in X, not in my window manager (fvwm2) or > anywhere else. If I add a sleep 15 to my .xinitrc, the cursor moves to the > wrong position before the sleep. If I start X using just "X", I get a blank > screen, no xinitrc, no window manager (the xinitrc runs the window manager), > and the cursor in the same bad position. > -- It isn't X server specific. If I change my X server to Vesa, it still > happens. (I am using a Matrox G400.) > > Here's my XF86Config-4 (a stripped down test version, that still shows the > problem). > > Section "Files" > > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > FontPath "unix/:-1" > > EndSection > > Section "ServerFlags" > > AllowMouseOpenFail > > EndSection > > # ********************************************************************** > # Input devices > # ********************************************************************** > > # ********************************************************************** > # Keyboard section > # ********************************************************************** > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Keyboard1" > Driver "Keyboard" > Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30" > > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > > EndSection > > # ********************************************************************** > # Pointer section > # ********************************************************************** > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Mouse1" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "Microsoft" > Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" > > EndSection > > > # ********************************************************************** > # Monitor section > # ********************************************************************** > > # Any number of monitor sections may be present > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Generic|High Frequency SVGA, 1024x768 at 70 Hz" > VendorName "Unknown" > ModelName "Unknown" > > HorizSync 31.5-65.0 > > VertRefresh 50-90 > EndSection > > > # ********************************************************************** > # Graphics device section > # ********************************************************************** > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Generic Vesa" > Driver "vesa" > EndSection > > # ********************************************************************** > # Screen sections > # ********************************************************************** > > # Matrox cards will require depth of 24 and bpp of 32. > Section "Screen" > Identifier "screen1" > Device "Generic Vesa" > Monitor "Generic|High Frequency SVGA, 1024x768 at 70 Hz" > DefaultDepth 8 > DefaultFbBpp 8 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "800x600" "640x480" "512x384" "400x288" "400x256" "384x256" "384x240" "384x224" "360x288" "320x240" "240x256" "224x256" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "layout1" > Screen "screen1" > > InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" > > InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
