Jittery Mouse Driving Me Crazy!

[Alex Janssen]

Mike Payson said the following on 03/11/2007 11:51 PM:
> I have a Logitech mx 610 cordless laser mouse installed on my dual 
> boot machine. For some reason, it won't move smoothly under Ubuntu, 
> though it works fine under Windows. Instead of the pointer moving 
> smoothly, it jumps around, a few millimeters or so off course 
> seemingly randomly. Imagine if your mouse pointer had 8 cups of coffee 
> or so and you get the picture. If I place a sheet of blank paper under 
> the mouse, it moves smoother (not smooth enough, though), so I'm 
> assuming that the windows driver has some sort of smoothing algorithm 
> that the Linux driver doesn't have. Maxing out the sensitivity 
> preference helps, but it seems like I need to turn it up even further 
> to make it smooth enough. Any suggestions on how to correct this 
> really annoying problem?
>
> BTW, it's not a range issue, so please don't suggest that I try moving 
> the reciever. This mouse has extremely good range, so I can move the 
> mouse clear across the room & still get equally good (or bad, 
> actually) results.
>
> Thanks!
I'm using a Logitech Cordless Mini Optical with my Ubuntu installation 
on a Dell Inspiron 1100 without any jumpiness at all.  This type of 
mouse should look like any standard USB mouse to Ubuntu.  Its not a 
matter of recognizing a particular mouse type or brand.  They are fairly 
standardized nowadays.  I do have my acceleration and sensitivity set 
slightly lower than medium for my preference.  But, jumpy, no!
I know this may not help, just throwin in my 2 cents for what it's worth.
Alex

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