newb question - mouse
 

I have a generic optical wheel mouse, and just installed redhat linux 8. Under Windows, the cursor moved smoothly around the screen and worked fine. On linux, i've messed around with the cursor acceleration and sensitivity settings, but no matter what its still a pain to use. any suggestions? the acceleration in windows wasn't noticeable, whereas on linux you can see it jumping around the screen

I'm having the same problem. I also just installed redhat linux 8, and I'm using a generic optical wheel mouse. It works great with windows 2k (my system is dual boot), but the cursor doesn't move smoothly in linux. It works okay for fast, long movements, but doesn't move smoothly for short movements. I'd be glad for any advice.

That's exactly what my problem was... I'm guessing it's something we're gonna have to live with... I doubt getting a better mouse will do.

works now
 

I've fixed it. I read something in the redhat forum archives that dealt with this same issue. I can't explain why this works, but it fixed my problem well. The mouse now works just like it does in Win2k. I read elsewhere that you can vary the resolution (someone else said 1000 worked for them), to find the setting that works best for your system.

If this works for you, and you can explain why, I'd be glad to hear about it. I'm pasting the link below, and following that I've pasted the relevant part:

http://www.redhat.com/archives/xfree.../msg00005.html

> You can do as I do, and manually edit
/etc/X11/XF86Config by hand, and in
> the mouse section, add Option "Resolution" "700" and
see if that makes it
> faster/smoother for you. I always do that after
initial install and mouse
> movements work like a charm.
>
> Below is a copy of my mouse section to see what it
looks like in the
file..
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> Option "Resolution" "700"
> EndSection