Re: marching PS/2 mouse

Ronald Schalk (Ronald.Schalk@interpay.nl)
Tue, 9 Apr 1996 10:40:24 +0100 (WET DST)

At 08:57 9-04-96 +0100, you wrote:
>In recent kernels I have the strange effect of a "marching mouse
>cursor" with my PS/2 mouse. Usually the cursor moves horizontally
>(e.g. right to left) without ever touching the mouse. I've seen this
>in 1.3.83 under X11 and on the console (gpm running). This seems
>rather strange. Any ideas?

I once had the same thing. The problem was (don't laugh) that the sun
was shining through the mouse cover. It messed up the photo-cell inside
the mouse. Whenever I covered the mouse or use it in shade it worked
fine.

Solution was:
paint the inside of the mouse cover black.

Ronald Schalk
E-Mail work: Ronald.Schalk@interpay.nl
E-Mail home: ronald02@pi.net

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