PS/2 mouse no longer works after update

Meskarune · 2009-11-04 02:02:03

I just updated my system, and now the mouse doesn't work.

The cursor is stuck in one area of the screen. I can move it a few centimeters in any direction, but it snaps back to the original position when I stop moving the mouse. The problem is rather bizarre.

I switched out mice to make sure it wasn't a hardware problem, and the mouse works fine in my other operating systems.

What could cause this really odd behavior? I'm thinking I have to change a config file, but I'm not sure what one. My xorg.conf looks fine.

Thanks for your help.

perbh · 2009-11-04 02:56:24

Why dont you give us your xorg.conf? Just saying "it looks fine" is a bit ambiguous ... it's all in the eyes of the be(er)holder!
Btw - I suppose you rebooted after your update? (new version of X-server ...)

Last edited by perbh (2009-11-04 02:59:56)

Meskarune · 2009-11-04 04:15:08

I checked my xorg.conf against the backup with meld and there weren't any changes made to it besides the vendor name of my monitor: Acer. This is the same xorg.conf I used before updating and I didn't have problems with it before, which is why I think the problem may lie somewhere else.

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder58)  Fri Apr 17 00:40:10 PDT 2009


Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
#   Load           "type1"
#   Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Acer"
    ModelName      "p201w"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

perbh · 2009-11-04 14:03:09

Remember it's a new version of the X-server ...
Anyways - I believe (in the InputDevice section) the 'device' should be '/dev/input/mice' and _not_ '/dev/psaux'.
Infact, I believe this has been the case for a looong time, but previous versions may have honoured it all-the-same while the newest one doesn't (only thing I can think of).

sHyLoCk · 2009-11-04 14:05:43

Mine uses /dev/psaux

perbh · 2009-11-04 15:31:09

bummer!! ... and I thought I had it spotted!
@sHyLoCk:
... and I presume you are running the very, very latest?

sHyLoCk · 2009-11-04 15:52:47

Yep, I suppose.

                                                                         
pacman -Qi xorg-server | head -2
Name           : xorg-server
Version        : 1.7.1-1

pacman -Qi nvidia | head -2
Name           : nvidia
Version        : 190.42-1

Meskarune · 2009-11-05 03:21:45

anyone have some idea of what could be going on. I've changed mice, and my mouse works in linux mint and windows 7. Are there any other configuration files I should look at? I've never encountered this problem before. Its like the computer recognizes the mouse, but keeps it in only one spot on the screen. Could wacom drivers affect it? I have a wacom tablet with drivers installed...

Meskarune · 2009-11-05 03:26:45

It looks like other people are having trouble with their mouse / laptop touch pads. http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=83918 I guess downgrading is the only option?

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PS/2 mouse no longer works after update

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