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Old 10-12-2003, 01:52 PM   #1
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mousepad go crezy


i can't control my cursor. when i start the system with a mouse everything is ok but when i try to use the mousepad the cursor keep returning at the left bottom corner of the screen every time i release my finger from the pad.
wath's going on?
 
Old 10-12-2003, 06:24 PM   #2
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"when i try to use the mousepad the cursor keep returning at the left bottom corner of the screen every time i release my finger from the pad."


The most likely explanation is that the mouse is configured wrong in /etc/X11/XF86Config. I think that in Mandrake you configure the mouse by running a program called XDrake, or perhaps xdrake.


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Old 10-14-2003, 02:06 AM   #3
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i am not sure that is a matter related with the mouse config becose when the mouse is connected i don't have any problem. The pad is the problem.
 
  


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