[CLUE-Tech] odd mouse problems with gentoo

[David Anselmi]

Evan Widger wrote:
[...]
> when i run startx the nvidia splash screen comes up and whatever that 
> ugly default WM is. depending on the protocol used, i get different 
> behaviors. 'auto' leaves the screen on the wm and locked up, hitting 
> ctl+alt+Backspace kills it, after a minute or 2. with IMPS/2, all mouse 
> movements send it down and to the left. with 'PS/2' it moves very 
> erratically and behaves like it's clicking all over the place (so much 
> random movement it even crashed X once). ExplorerPS/2 is similar to 
> IMPS/2 with down/left movements and other random things.

Looks like your shift key is erratic too ;-)

Sounds like you're running gpm so you have to hook X into the gpm 
repeater (X and gpm can't both use the mouse device).  Google should 
give you the details but I'm using 'Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"' in 
the X mouse config.

Dave