RE: cirque glidepoint -- FIXED

[Adam Goucher <adam ninjatactics com>]

changed window managers to afterstep. mouse cursor doesnt go crazy
anymore. now to customise afterstep since it seems i have a new window
maanger...

-adam

On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Adam Goucher wrote:

> 
> 
> 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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