Re: (Almost) Unmoveable mouse - 6.0_BETA

[Ian Clark <mrrooster%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 7 March 2012 21:50, Arthur Maciel <arthurmaciel%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have installed NetBSD 6.0_BETA on an old i386 laptop that has mouse pad
> and a trackpoint and when I run X I get the mouse constantly at the left
> down corner of the screen. If I try to move it, it is pushed back there,
> making the mouse useless. It also happens if I plug an usb mouse device.
>
[snip]

Could you get X to ignore the mouse input devices? You could then at
least use the USB mouse until the problem is fixed.

cat .../Xorg.0.log | grep -i "input device"

Find the lines you want to exclude, eg:-

(II) config/udev: Adding input device Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared
Remote Transceiver (0471:0815) (/dev/input/event4)

Then add a section to xorg.conf:-

Section "InputClass"
  Identifier "Ignore Philips mce remote"
  MatchProduct "Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver (0471:0815)"
  MatchIsKeyboard "true"
  Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection

MatchProduct should match the devices you wish to exclude.

This example is from a linux box, but that's running Xorg, so should apply here.

Might work, might just be noise I'm afraid though. :)

All the best,

Ian