[lug] SuSE v9.0 mouse strangeness

[Tony Dyson]

I've used a number a different KVM systems, & getting predctable & 
acceptable mouse behavior is more art than science.

FWIW, the general rules seem to be not to connect or configure anything 
more exotic than a vanilla 2-button mouse, & that for each different O/S 
you're going to have to disable (by trial & error) one or more of the 
software "enhancements" to the mouse behavior.

Gary Hodges wrote:
> Michael Belanger wrote:
> 
>> I just got done wrestling with this!  The problem is the linux mouse 
>> driver..
>> http://web.belkin.com/support/faq_qa.asp?pid=190&cid=1 has one 
>> possible answer.
>>
>> If that doesn't help, do a google search on KVM linux mouse erratic to 
>> get other solutions.
> 
> 
> FYI...  None of those fixes fixed the problem.  I saw post after post 
> say that turning off gpm fixed the exact problem my colleague was 
> having.  It will remain a mystery since she took this as an opportunity 
> to put a second monitor, mouse and keyboard back in her office.  She 
> didn't care for that switch too much.
> 
> Gary
> 
>> Gary Hodges wrote:
>>
>>> A colleague has v9.0 installed and has experienced strange mouse 
>>> behavior twice now.  She has a wireless trackball that is hooked into 
>>> one of those boxes that allows two PCs to use one monitor, keyboard 
>>> and mouse.  This set up worked fine with Red Hat 7.2.  I installed 
>>> SuSE on her machine two days ago.  She is using KDE.
>>>
>>> When the problem occurs the mouse pointer keeps warping back to the 
>>> bottom left corner of the screen.  If you try to move the mouse away 
>>> from the corner it will at some point warp back to the bottom left.  
>>> If you keep doing this you end up openning lots of windows.  Its like 
>>> you might expect would happen if you repeatedly left clicked around 
>>> the panel and start button while moving the mouse pointer around.  I 
>>> was never able to move the mouse further than about mid-screen before 
>>> it would warp back to the lower left.