>On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Ulrich Windl wrote:
>
>> In recent kernels I have the strange effect of a "marching mouse
>> cursor" with my PS/2 mouse. Usually the cursor moves horizontally
>> (e.g. right to left) without ever touching the mouse. I've seen this
>> in 1.3.83 under X11 and on the console (gpm running). This seems
>> rather strange. Any ideas?
>
>I've seen some really cheap "Mouse Systems Corp" compatible serial mice do
>this too...under 1.2.13 and XF86 3.1.0. I think ours also wanders right
>to left (must be a Hebrew mouse:), but I'd always assumed it was just a
>piece-o-crap $5 mouse...and that that was the problem.
>
Then I should assume that Microsoft mice too are crap ... oh, well, why
not? :-)
I see this effect almost daily since I first installed Linux (that is a
_lot_ of months ago) here at work (PS/2 mouse).
The effect is perhaps more marked with some kernels and less with others,
but it's still there.
I already changed my mouse twice, and I suspect a buggy controller or
some other hardware problem. My serial mouse at home (yes, Micro$oft too)
works w/o any trouble.
Alberto