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On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 20:37 -0400, David Corbin wrote:
> I posted this yesterday to gentoo-user, but I've not gotten much response, and 
> my laptop is largely unsusable, so I thought I'd ask here too.
> -----
> Today, my mouse has gone wacky.  Previously I had a fine working Gentoo/X11 
> system on my Dell I8600.  A week ago, upgraded my profile, and updated the 
> system, including switching to udev. I had no problem for the last week, so I 
> believe that all worked well.
> 
> Today, I did another update ("emerge -uavD world"), and started to muck with 
> user-mode linux.  This did necessitate a rebuild of my kernel, and a reboot.  
> When I was done, my pointer is wacky.
> 
> "Wacky" mean the pointer is largely "stuck" near the bottom left corner of the  
> display.   Any attempt to move it generates a great deal of flashing of the 
> pointer.  When I start X, the pointer appears dead center of the screen, 
> until I touch the touchpad at which point it jumps to the bottom left area of 
> the screen.
> 
> I've reviewed what was emerged, and I don't think anything is likely to have 
> caused this problem.  I've tried changing my config to not use the synaptics 
> drive, but that had no effect.
> 
> Any ideas?
> David
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