Rubber Band Mouse!

On Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 04:20:54PM -0700, Charles Lubin wrote:
> I just install Caldera's OpenLinux 2.4....it was a real breeze, until! After
> the first complete shutdown my mouse(PS2 compatible/with wheel) now acts if
> its on a rubber band. The pointer goes to the upper right hand corner, you
> can move it out about 3 inches and boom back it goes. It seems that I recall
> reading something about this condition awhile back, but I'm unable to find
> my notes on subject. Any suggestions?

Assuming this is in X... it's using the wrong protocol. Check your
XF86Config. There should be a section like this:

# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Pointer"
    Protocol    "PS/2"
    Device      "/dev/mouse"

on my system /dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/psaux... if you haven't
done this then use psaux instead of mouse in the Device line.

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