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  • #1

    mouse crazy with enemy territory Linux

    Hi,

    I've installed ET on Opensuse 11-x64
    My mouse works well in KDE4

    When i launch ET, my mouse goes crazy and the pointer moves randomly in any directions.

    Anyone has experienced this before? how to fix this?

    Thx

    PS: i'm a linux newbie
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  • #2
    Originally posted by naindejardin View Post
    Hi,

    I've installed ET on Opensuse 11-x64
    My mouse works well in KDE4

    When i launch ET, my mouse goes crazy and the pointer moves randomly in any directions.

    Anyone has experienced this before? how to fix this?

    Thx

    PS: i'm a linux newbie
    Sounds like your mouse is using evdev. SDL and evdev don't like each other much. Go into your xorg.conf (located in /etc/X11) and find the mouse section. Try replacing it with:

    Code:
    Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  Option       "Buttons" "12"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "Name" "Logitech USB Gaming Mouse"
  Option       "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
    Post your complete xorg.conf if you want me to double check it before applying the changes.

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    • #3
      cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
      # /.../
      # SaX generated X11 config file
      # Created on: 2008-10-01T22:46:27+0200.
      #
      # Version: 8.1
      # Contact: Marcus Schaefer <[email protected]>, 2005
      # Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
      #
      # Automatically generated by [SaX2] (8.1)
      # PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
      #

      Section "ServerLayout"
      Identifier "Layout[all]"
      Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
      InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
      InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
      InputDevice "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents"
      EndSection

      Section "Files"
      InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
      InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
      FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
      EndSection

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

      Section "ServerFlags"
      Option "AIGLX" "on"
      Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
      Option "IgnoreABI" "on"
      Option "ZapWarning" "on"
      EndSection

      Section "InputDevice"
      Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
      Driver "kbd"
      Option "Protocol" "Standard"
      Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
      Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
      Option "XkbOptions" "caps:shiftlock"
      Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
      EndSection

      Section "InputDevice"
      Identifier "Mouse[1]"
      Driver "evdev"
      Option "InputFashion" "Mouse"
      Option "Name" "Logitech Gaming Mouse"
      Option "Pass" "3"
      Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
      Option "evBits" "+1-2"
      Option "keyBits" "~272-287"
      Option "relBits" "~0-2 ~6 ~8"
      EndSection

      Section "InputDevice"
      Identifier "Mouse[3]"
      Driver "mouse"
      Option "Buttons" "5"
      Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
      Option "Name" "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
      Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
      Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
      Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
      EndSection

      Section "Modes"
      Identifier "Modes[0]"
      EndSection

      Section "Monitor"
      Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
      Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
      Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
      Option "DPMS" "true"
      EndSection

      Section "Device"
      Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
      Driver "fglrx"
      BusID "PCI:6:0:0"
      EndSection

      Section "Screen"
      Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
      Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
      Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
      DefaultDepth 24
      SubSection "Display"
      Viewport 0 0
      Depth 24
      EndSubSection
      EndSection

      Section "DRI"
      Group "video"
      Mode 0660
      EndSection

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      • #4
        Try replacing it with this xorg.conf

        Code:
        # /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2008-10-01T22:46:27+0200.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <[email protected]>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [SaX2] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
EndSection

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

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
Option "IgnoreABI" "on"
Option "ZapWarning" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Driver "kbd"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
Option "XkbOptions" "caps:shiftlock"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  Option       "Buttons" "12"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "Name" "Logitech USB Gaming Mouse"
  Option       "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:6:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection
        Then of course log out and log back in or reboot.

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        • #5
          BTW, if you look at what deanjo's done, the config for your Logitech mouse is now gone. I've got a G5 (and had the same problem with the evdev driver), and although the "mouse" driver works without any problems in games, the tilt function on the scroll wheel don't work at all with the Logitech mouse.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by grantek View Post
            BTW, if you look at what deanjo's done, the config for your Logitech mouse is now gone. I've got a G5 (and had the same problem with the evdev driver), and although the "mouse" driver works without any problems in games, the tilt function on the scroll wheel don't work at all with the Logitech mouse.
            Yes, that is true, less of two evils I guess. Personally I never used the side scroll on the wheel anyways. The bug wa submitted to SDL quite some time ago but still has received no attention.

            SDL Games on Logitech G5 results in uncontrolable mouse · Issue #425 · libsdl-org/SDL-1.2
            http://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=617
            This bug report was migrated from our old Bugzilla tracker. These attachments are available in the static archive: Hardware setup and xorg.conf from Espen (espen_config_20090924.zip, multipart/x-zi...
            Last edited by deanjo; 26 October 2008, 06:07 PM.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by deanjo View Post
              Yes, that is true, less of two evils I guess. Personally I never used the side scroll on the wheel anyways. The bug wa submitted to SDL quite some time ago but still has received no attention.
              Annoyingly, the only useful place I can think of to use the tilt buttons is in games (quick selection of items).

              I wonder what it'd take to get tilt button support in "mouse"? I have no idea what the difference is between the two drivers, but you'd think they'd know about each other.

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              • #8
                Hmm - I just played ETQW after upgrading my Ubuntu system to Intrepid (ie. Xserver 1.5, HAL configuration of devices as opposed to xorg.conf) - I didn't have any weird mouse problems but the tilt buttons worked. Looking through the X logs, it's picked up the evdev driver and doesn't seem to be conflicting with SDL

                Comment

                • #9
                  Originally posted by grantek View Post
                  Hmm - I just played ETQW after upgrading my Ubuntu system to Intrepid (ie. Xserver 1.5, HAL configuration of devices as opposed to xorg.conf) - I didn't have any weird mouse problems but the tilt buttons worked. Looking through the X logs, it's picked up the evdev driver and doesn't seem to be conflicting with SDL
                  That's because newer games such as ET:QW and Quake 4 don't have any issues with the evdev driver. I don't know why, or what's different about them, something about the SDL using what iD calls "raw mouse input". But original ET and Doom 3 are basically unplayable.

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