Issues using a USB mouse with X/Gnome?

[Robin Laing]

Philip Prindeville wrote:
> I'm using FC3, with a Logitech Wireless Comfort Duo keyboard/mouse
> combination, through an IOGear IGS1734 VGA/USB KVM.
> 
> The issue is the following.  When I move the mouse, do an up/down
> mouse click, and then move the mouse, sometimes X (or Gnome)
> gets a little confused and thinks I'm doing a drag-and-drop (as if it
> saw the down-move-up events instead of down-up-move events
> coming from the mouse).
> 
> Is this a common problem?  Is there a simple fix like tweaking a
> threshold, etc. that I could make that would eliminate this occasional
> but irritating problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Philip
> 

There may be some timing issues that can be adjusted in the xorg.conf file.

I was reading through the documentation on the weekend to change the 
characteristics of a glidepath type device.  USB wired mouse works like 
a charm.

-- 
Robin Laing