[Gllug] Mouse pointer drifts to the right

Bruce Richardson itsbruce at uklinux.net
Mon Mar 8 15:23:11 UTC 2004


On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 02:47:26PM -0000, john wrote:
> I've got an odd problem on one of my Sarge boxes (and only one).  In
> normal use something happens to cause the mouse pointer (the little arrow)
> to appear about 1 cm to the right of where it should be.  It will only get
> within 1cm of the left of the screen; you have to click 1cm to the right
> of anything you want to click on, and it goes off the right hand edge of
> the screen.  I haven't been able to discover what triggers the problem,
> but once it's happened I have to re-boot the box to fix it.  Just
> restarting X is *not* enough.
> Any suggestions?

Sounds like a hardware problem.  Try replacing the mouse.  If that
doesn't work, try connecting the mouse via a different connector (e.g.
different serial port or usb rather than ps2).

-- 
Bruce

The ice-caps are melting, tra-la-la-la.  All the world is drowning,
tra-la-la-la-la.  -- Tiny Tim.
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