[mythtv-users] Mouse sometimes scrolls by itself

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/12/2008 02:03 PM, Jason Spears wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 9:47 AM, jonny Linux <jonnylinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Fairly frequently (several times a day), my mouse generates a scrollwheel
>> event. For a few weeks I've noticed when I've been watching TV (nowhere near
>> the mouse) that the window the mouse cursor is on top of will scroll
>> upwards. I've even changed the mouse, and I still get the problem.
>>     
>
> So it's more likely a driver than a hardware problem.  Were there
> recent changes to the system apart from upgrading mythtv?  Maybe you
> could try one of the different 'Protocol' options in xorg.conf.

Assuming, that is you tried a different /model/ of mouse.  I have seen 
this happen on GNU/Linux /and/ Windows with a whole slew of MS scroll 
mice.  In my cases it's definitely the hardware.

Mike