Don't feel too bad about it. I had to learn this from my vendor! Coincidentally his advertising mouse mats work excellently with my optical mouse. On Friday 16 Apr 2004 18:54, Jonatan Palsson wrote: > On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:22:52 +0200 > > David <davcefai@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The problem is probably not XFree or Linux. > > Optical mice do this a lot. If you can boot another OS you could check > > whether it behaves the same way. > > > > Experiment with mouse pads. You want one that is matt rather than glossy. > > > > On Friday 16 Apr 2004 16:06, Jonatan Palsson wrote: > > > Hello, i am using a "Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse"(USB) and it works > > > fine most of the time, but within 5 sec of movement, it jumps to a > > > random location, then its fine again. I find this very annoying. > > > I am currently using /dev/input/mice as my device for the mouse and > > > "Auto" as protocol.. What should i do? > > > _______________________________________________ > > > XFree86 mailing list > > > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > Okay, that made me feel really lame.. (prolly as lame as i am) > I removed the mousepad.. works great.. > /me slaps self :D > Thanks alot, David. > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
