[lug] Pointer goes nuts

[John Hernandez]

"Bonnell, Doug" wrote:
> 
> The wheel scrolls up/down like a slider bar.
> 
> Also useful for changing weapons in Unreal Tournament! :-)
> 
> This is a strange one.... the keyboard is also a PS2
> device, no? Seems unlikely that the keyboard could "interfere"
> with the mouse.
> 
> John, can you use the mouse with USB? I posted info for
> this earlier under "Dual Mice with X".
> 

Sure, it's a possibility.  As of yet, I haven't tinkered with USB support modules for lack of a real motivator.  I'll try this after my current test (switching from IMPS/2 to PS/2 Protocol) and will post the results.

> Doug
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Wayde Allen [mailto:wallen at lug.boulder.co.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 4:07 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: Re: [lug] Pointer goes nuts
> 
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, John Hernandez wrote:
> 
> > The odd thing is that XF86Config-4 hasn't changed in a long while.  I
> > can't exactly put my finger on when the problem started (maybe 10 days
> > ago).  The only change made around that time (perhaps 1 month ago) was
> > switching to a M$ Natural Keyboard Pro.  I'll probably go with Doug's
> > suggestion and try the PS2 protocol (rather than IMPS2) for a while.
> 
> Hmmm ... that is pretty odd.  I don't suppose that the keyboard could have
> anything to do with this?  Different keymapping, bad connector, etc. -
> grasping at straws here.
> 
> > I MIGHT be able to live without the beloved wheel.
> 
> You actually have a use for the wheel?  I always think it looks
> interesting, but have never really seen anyone use one.  Interesting -
> what does it do?
> 
> - Wayde
>   (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)
> 
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