Eratic Cursor Behavior

[Harold Hallikainen]

>> -----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


Running FC4-64 on my new HP laptop, the touchpad has a tendency to decide
I've clicked something. It mostly tends to run Firefox back several pages.
What config file do I modify to disable this "feature?"

THANKS!

Harold


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