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R.A.T. 7 Mouse - Doesn't work properly at first, but restarting X makes it work

So I picked up a Cyborg R.A.T. 7 mouse a while back and have always had problems with it working in Linux. I first noticed it in Slackware, where when I first start X, the mouse will only be useful in the first windows that I open and won't work anywhere else. a Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart X makes it act like a normal mouse, so I didn't working about it too much. However, I later installed Sabayon as an experiment and noticed the exact same behaviour. How can I fix X (or Linux is general, although the problem seems more closely related to X) so that this mouse works without me having to restart X?

Hi,

Do you have 'gpm' running? if so;

Quote:

excerpt from '/etc/rc.d/rc.gpm';

# There is another way to run GPM, where it acts as a repeater outputting a
# virtual MouseSystems mouse on /dev/gpmdata. This is useful for feeding
# gpm's data to X, especially if you've got a busmouse (in that situation X
# and gpm may not coexist without using a repeater). To try running a GPM
# repeater for X, change the gpm command line to look like this:
# /usr/sbin/gpm -R msc -m /dev/mouse -t imps2
# Then, make sure that the mouse configuration in your XF86Config file refers
# to the repeater device (/dev/gpmdata) and a MouseSystems mouse type. If you
# edit the file directly, you'll want the lines to look like this (minus the
# comment marks '#' shown here, of course):
#Section "Pointer"
# Protocol "MouseSystems"
# Device "/dev/gpmdata"

GPM & 'X' conflicts can occur if the 'rc.gpm' is not configured properly. I had issues with some early Logitech mice. As to your mouse, I would do a search for configs.

I will check that when I get home tonight.

So apparently Sabayon won't boot after the most recent update. But I appreciate the help, it should lead me in the right direction and is further ahead than I was before.