last question

[asdf]

sorry bout this. one more question.

i'm using a laptop with RH 7.2 (dell inspiron 4000). when my optical mouse is plugged into the PS/2 port, everything works just fine (both the external mouse and the touchpad), but if I start X without it plugged in, the pointer makes erratic movements and clicks randomly. i originally thought this had something to do with gpm, but I disabled it and it still does the same thing.

[asdf]

forget it, I figured it out.

[ February 03, 2002: Message edited by: asdf ]

[lost]

so what was the fix?

[lu666s]

Lost:

 

quote:If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people?

It is really simple. Ignorant people are too ingnorant about the matter that they fail to recognize their blissness.    
Maybe they somehow get a whiff of that dilema on purely irrational level, and that makes them unhappy.          

[asdf]

quote:Originally posted by lost:
so what was the fix?

I selected "GlidePointPS/2" as the protocol in my XF86Config-4 file. I got rid of the USB->PS/2 converter and plugged the wheel mouse into the USB port, and added a new InputDevice section and gave it the AlwaysCore option. Both pointing devices work without a hitch now.