Mouse problems in many games

Acharn · Post by **Acharn** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:56 am

I've been searching every forum I can think of and have only found solutions for individual games, none of which are the ones I'm having a problem with. I have an Acer Aspire 1699, with an ATI Radeon 1550x graphics card, dual core CPU running at 1.8GHz. I'm running Ubuntu 11.04. So far I've had this problem with Black & White 2, Cities In Motion, Trainz 12, Hidden & Dangerous, and a few more which I wasn't really seriously interested in.

When the game starts up there is usually a pointer controlled by the mouse. Sometimes in the first stage this works. When I go on to the start of the game, the pointer responds very erratically, from a couple to several seconds after I've moved the mouse. The pointer will move a great distance, even though I've only moved the mouse a little. The direction the pointer moves is difficult to predict, although it's generally in the direction I move the mouse. This happens with games that are rated Platinum in AppsDB.

I have the open source (default) graphics driver installed, because ATI has not produced an updated driver since 2009. I tend to suspect the graphics driver, but suppose it could be the mouse driver -- I saw one recommendation to edit the /etc/x11/xorg.conf file. I find it hard to believe this problem is unique to me, so I must be searching the wrong key words. Any recommendations?

Bruno Jesus · Post by **Bruno Jesus** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:36 am

If you are using a touchpad in a notebook this is a know xinput2
problem in wine. Try using a usb mouse and if it fixes the problem it
is really related to the bug below:
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27028

Acharn · Post by **Acharn** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:47 am

No, I'm using a USB mouse on an Acer Aspire 1610 desktop machine with an ATI Radeon x1550 graphics card, running Ubuntu Linux 11.04 with the default open source graphics drivers and the default mouse drivers. I bought the machine in 2007, and wish I had spent a little more for a faster CPU and better graphics card, but it sounded like a good buy at the time.

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:00 pm

Acharn wrote:When I go on to the start of the game, the pointer responds very erratically, from a couple to several seconds after I've moved the mouse.

Make sure you removed all mouse related settings from registry that might previously added. Specifically all direct input related hacks. For example setting MouseWarpOverride to anything other then default "enable" will break many games.

Acharn · Post by **Acharn** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:24 pm

vitamin wrote:
Acharn wrote:When I go on to the start of the game, the pointer responds very erratically, from a couple to several seconds after I've moved the mouse.
Make sure you removed all mouse related settings from registry that might previously added. Specifically all direct input related hacks. For example setting MouseWarpOverride to anything other then default "enable" will break many games.

It was set to Disabled, following advice from some other thread, I don't even remember from where. Actually, I had to add the setting. I've changed it to Enabled, but don't have time to test it right now. Get back to you later.

henry3 · Post by **henry3** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 4:31 am

Wow, I am new here, but I used the USB mouse, and now my mouse does not have any issues! Thanks guys!