[techtalk] dead mouse

[ktb]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:43:44PM -0400, David Merrill wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> My mouse suddenly died on me. Occasionally I can get it to move, but
> then it moves jerkily and coasts to the side of the screen. All 3
> buttons still work. I've tried two other meeces which both do the same
> thing, which afaics rules out the mouse itself.
> 
> I haven't done anything at all with any conf files.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions on what might be wrong, or how I
> might go about debugging this?
> 

Have you tried -
# /etc/init.d/gpm stop
?

kent

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