coverup Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 I have an OEM USB mouse, which works fine with my laptop except for scrolling is not smooth. I mean, when I scroll up or down, the window sometimes "jumps" back a little, as if I were jerking the wheel. I use this mouse when the laptop is docked. The rest of the time I use touchpad, which seems to work fine. Does anybody know what could be a problem? It looks like a config/driver issue to me. I don't think the mouse is broken, it worked OK with my old laptop until I installed Mandriva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Since you didn't tell us what release version of Mandriva you're using, I'll have to guess it's 2008.0. I've used a couple different usb mice with 2008.0 without having to adjust anything. However they can be adjusted in Control Center > Peripherals > Mouse > Advanced To check the config/driver with the cli, do cat /proc/bus/usb/devices |grep -i mouse cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf |grep -i mouse lsmod |grep -i mouse does it look ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 (edited) I have the same problem with my wheel mice no matter which distro I use. This problem doesn't happen if I use my trackball mouse. You could try messing about with the Mouse wheel scrolls by function in the KDE Control Centre. KDE Control Cente--> Peripherals--> Mouse--> Advanced. Cross Post I'm a victim of my slow typing again :) Edited March 1, 2008 by {BBI}Nexus{BBI} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Thanks. Yes I am using 2008.0 on ThinkPad T61. Here is the output of those commands: $ cat /proc/bus/usb/devices |grep -i mouse shows nothing... $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf |grep -i mouse AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Identifier "SynapticsMouse1" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "SynapticsMouse1" "AlwaysCore" According to the above, the touchpad uses the driver "mouse", ok... # lsmod |grep -i mouse usbmouse 4832 0 usbcore 118760 6 usb_storage,usbmouse,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd Ok, the module usbmouse is loaded... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 (edited) I have the same problem with my wheel mice no matter which distro I use. This problem doesn't happen if I use my trackball mouse. You could try messing about with the Mouse wheel scrolls by function in the KDE Control Centre. KDE Control Cente--> Peripherals--> Mouse--> Advanced. Cross Post I'm a victim of my slow typing again :) Thanks for the hint, I will look at those options, though it does not seem to be KDE related - touchpad does not seem to have any issues with scrolling, and KDE should not give a damn about how many mice are attached. Edited March 2, 2008 by coverup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Thanks for the hint, I will look at those options, though it does not seem to be KDE related - touchpad does not seem to have any issues with scrolling, and KDE should not give a damn about how many mice are attached.This is not a quantity issue. It's to do with the scroll lines associated with the mouse wheel e.g. I changed the settings from scroll by 3 lines to scroll by 1 and now no more jumping pages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 This is not a quantity issue. It's to do with the scroll lines associated with the mouse wheel e.g. I changed the settings from scroll by 3 lines to scroll by 1 and now no more jumping pages! Thanks for clarifying... Will try it now... Though I am not sure this will answer my question. In my case, scrolling up causes the cursor to jump down. Did you say, you had this very problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 This is not a quantity issue. It's to do with the scroll lines associated with the mouse wheel e.g. I changed the settings from scroll by 3 lines to scroll by 1 and now no more jumping pages! I had just changed the setting to scroll by 1 line. Indeed, scrolling has become smoother, but the mouse still behaves `funny': I scroll up, but the cursor suddenly moves down, and this happens at random. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 I had just changed the setting to scroll by 1 line. Indeed, scrolling has become smoother, but the mouse still behaves `funny': I scroll up, but the cursor suddenly moves down, and this happens at random.Is it by any chance a laser mouse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Is it by any chance a laser mouse? Dunno... It is an OEM mouse that came with an IBM ThinkCentre desktop. How do I find out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 It doesn't use a ball underneath, there's a light instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 All of your outputs are normal for your system and mouse. I would start looking at the mouse, as possibly being the problem. If it's a regular mouse with a ball, you can clean it. Do you have another mouse to try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 It doesn't use a ball underneath, there's a light instead. Oh yes, it is an optical mouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 You might want to check out the type of surface you're using it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 All of your outputs are normal for your system and mouse. I would start looking at the mouse, as possibly being the problem. If it's a regular mouse with a ball, you can clean it. Do you have another mouse to try? Thanks for the idea. I will try another mouse... I might also try my mouse with Windows. It would be a strange coincidence if the mouse got broken at the same time when I replaced the laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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