life is what happens when you're making other plans

or

rm -rf /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/

don't ask how just accept that I did

oh yeah , then try and rebuild the directory by removing and reinstalling all the common and esoteric pkgs I could find ...

sudo apt-cache search xorg | less just for reference

for those of you that are counting

then drift back here for Gork's excellent ublotto install notes because that's where google led me .

continue to search google for default contents of /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/

when I had a working 10.04 install sitting right in front of me . it's a 42" lcd screen I can see why I missed it .

and for those of you that are counting

Copy and paste 05-evdev.conf 10-synaptics.conf 10-vmmouse.conf and 10-wacom.conf to a folder on a portable drive and transfer to the laptop . Sounds easy ?

now if you're really counting

the third time I mount the portable drive from the Oh-Krap prompt (at this point the gui is useless ) it occurs to me that if I had "safely removed" the device from the media center with the 42" screen that was easily missed , I might actually have something in the folder named unintelligent_excreta .

still counting ?

way back when I rm -rf'd up I attempted to recreate the file I'd killed with
$ touch /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/ so now I got a reminder of how this all started .rm -rf /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/ (I get all queasy just typing it here)

then

mkdir /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/

cp /temp/unintelligent_excreta/05-evdev.conf 10-synaptics.conf 10-vmmouse.conf 10-wacom.conf /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d

done keeping score now ?

just thought I'd share an unusual day with you all

tnx for putting up with me Rick and thanx again for the good work Gork ...

~kop

 

In case somebody didn't get it DO NOT rm -rf anything!

Like delete *.* for you more Basic DOS types.

My kondolences to you kopcicle and you're very welcome.

 

...Still haven't answered my question

Have you tried any other psmouse resolutions besides 400 ?

~kop

 

I sent you an email at 0230. ????? Erratic Mouse Behavior with Mouse on Linux and Belkin KVM Switch

Post 76 Toughbook and Linux thread. I've used 500 and 600.

I think the email issue was my fault as this is a new set-up and my email is not configured yet.

 

Psst. Actually, like using the *.* /S command, because it's recursive; starting at the deepest level and working it's way out like a very hungry little insect larva.

This is not just anecdotal; it actually happened to a nearly completed Toy Story 2 film archive; it was only dumb luck that one of the editing staff had a nearly complete copy of all the working stuff "archived offsite".

See the video from the DVD extras on YouTube here:

YouTube - Studio Stories: The Movie Vanishes

mnem
Mmm... bits and bytes and zeros and ones... and null icing!!!