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Subject: Re: Weird mouse problems with X
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Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> I updated the ports, and now the mouse under X is extremely erratic.
> 
> On a hunch, I downgraded policykit and hal (leaving the other ports 
> intact), and this fixed the problem completely.
> 
> Any ideas?

This is an issue with the HAL support in X. A fix is about to be committed. 
For me the problem was solved by compiling moused with a more generic CPUTYPE.

Maybe that means I was hit by a different problem, I will see when the patch 
hits the tree.