Eratic Cursor Behavior

[Mike Markiw III]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: karlp at ourldsfamily.com [mailto:karlp at ourldsfamily.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2005 09:15 PM
> To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Eratic Cursor Behavior
> 
> FC4
> KDE
> 
> Occasionally, and I can't replicate it so know this is a stretch to
> ask..., when I am using my mouse to raise windows (mouseover mode, not
> click), or even when playing a game, any game, the cursor will disappear
> from before my eyes and appear in a corner of the screen. Not having the
> best of eyes, sometimes it takes a moment longer than is comfortable to
> locate the cursor so I can get back to entertaining myself...
> 
> What types of things should/could I look for? Could it be a poor, or
> mismatched driver in XF86Config?
> 
> -- 
> Karl Pearson
> Senior Consulting Sys/DB Analyst
> http://consulting.ourldsfamily.com
> ---
> 

I've seen this before as well.  I'm not entirely sure what causes it, but I've seen it both on Linux (several distros) and Windows (several versions).  The only commonality I can seem to find is that everytime it happens to me I'm using an optical mouse.  Bad driver?  Spurious signal from the optical device itself?  I haven't a clue, and I feel your pain.  Working late at night or at the end of a long day is not the time for mouse pointers to be pulling practical jokes ;)

-Mike