RE: cirque glidepoint

[Adam Goucher <adam ninjatactics com>]

On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Uncle Meat wrote:

> 
> On 21-Aug-99 Adam Goucher opined:
> > anyone know what type of mouse driver one is supposed to use in x for
> > the
> > cirque glidepoints? i have one built into my keyboard. i tryed all
> > the
> > mouse types i could, and its still sluggish compared to when pluged
> > into
> > the nt box. also, when i'm typing away in an xterm (say, like this
> > one
> > right now), i cant have the cursor over the window else the cursor
> > becomes
> > this horrid gray box like an inch wide and ~an inch from the cursor
> > location down to the bottom of the screen. i've got into the habit of
> > just
> > hossing the cursor over a diff section of the screen, but it is
> > rather
> 
> I use a serial version and simply have it set as a serial mouse.
> 
> I used to use a laptop that had a trackball in it. I set it as a ps2
> mouse and it worked perfectly. I could even plug another ps2 mouse in
> and alternate between them without interference.
> 
> There are ways to set the speed of the mouse, all depending on what
> dekstop you are using. I recall seeing the settings fvwm a long time
> ago. Since I don't use it I couldn't tell you exactly where the changes
> need to be made. Kde has a program builtin that can be used. I seem to
> vaguely remember some sort of setting in either windowmaker or
> enlightenment. Again, I don't use them and may simply be imagining that
> part. XFce has xfmouse to assist.
> 
> I'd suggest naming yer x-desk and see if someone can help you speed it
> all up.

heh, no sooner did i send did i clue in enough to check if there was a
speed setting the control panel (of e) which there was (naturally) so the
sluggishness has been fixed. now to just get rid of the horrid cursor
block problem...

-adam


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