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Subject: Re: mouse pointer gravitating to corner
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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:54:33 +0530
Rahul Sawarkar <torahuls@vsnl.com> wrote:

> Hello
> My ps/2 mouse pointer keeps jumping to the centre-left or
> centre-bottom of the screen every 2 seconds, making the mouse unusable
> under X . With the console, the pointer is just haywire, and also
> behaves like the left-button is perpetually pressed for drag'n'drop.
> Setting mouse resolution, acceleration or report rate with the
> mousedev command does not help. 
> 
> I have a samsung wheel mouse. I suspect a mouse protocol problem. does
> anyone have tips for setting this right ?
> 
> Rgrds
> Rahul Sawarkar

could you post your X config?