>From: "Brad Colbert" <bcolbert@ait.nrl.navy.mil>
>Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 14:18:09 -0500

>   Just put together a PC and I'm having problems with X behaving properly
>   with the built in PS/2 mouse.
>
>   X appears to be reading from the device but the pointer moves in a random
>   fashion.

Make sure your XF86Config file contains the line

    Protocol	"Microsoft"

in the "Pointer" section.  Do *not* use "PS/2"; the pms driver
translates data from the PS/2 mouse into Microsoft format.
-- 
Mike Long <mikel@shore.net>                http://www.shore.net/~mikel
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands,
hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." -- H.L. Mencken