Several FPS games are broken

[Vadi]

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone can help me here with this annoying issue. In both ETQW and Sauerbraten, my mouse has a regular tendency to "reset" itself to a specific spot on the screen. The spot changes from game to game, but the games are unplayable, because one second I'm aiming and firing someone, and the next second I'm suddenly pointing at the sky. Gah.

I tried searching about but found no solutions. :(

[deanjo]

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone can help me here with this annoying issue. In both ETQW and Sauerbraten, my mouse has a regular tendency to "reset" itself to a specific spot on the screen. The spot changes from game to game, but the games are unplayable, because one second I'm aiming and firing someone, and the next second I'm suddenly pointing at the sky. Gah.

I tried searching about but found no solutions. :(

Vadi, are you using evdev for your mouse?

[Vadi]

I have no idea. How can I check?

I suspect this issue is for quake-based games (although I wasn't able to find out if cube 2 is one). Savage 2 is working just fine.

[deanjo]

I have no idea. How can I check?

I suspect this issue is for quake-based games (although I wasn't able to find out if cube 2 is one). Savage 2 is working just fine.

in the mouse section of your xorg.conf it would say somthing like:

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "evdev"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
.......

[Vadi]

This is the only section I have with a mouse:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Can't find a mention of "evdev" in xorg.conf anywhere, but this is one of those new minimal ones, so I'm not sure.

[b15hop]

I remember having this problem once. I suspect it's the mouse driver too. I remember it was specifically a quake one problem too.

[Kano]

@Vadi

It is the driver statement, if you want to use evdev then you may not use mouse but evdev.

[Vadi]

Um... I don't know what do I want to use. I want to use something that works.

What is evdev? Should I try using that as the driver?

[b15hop]

Um... I don't know what do I want to use. I want to use something that works.

What is evdev? Should I try using that as the driver?

Just curious Vadi. What distro are you using?

[Vadi]

Hm, guess ;)

I suspect this might've come from one of the numerous PPA's I've subscribed... my compiz is acting as if the mouse is being very twitchy (window previews flicker a bit, when resizing the window, the light-blue rectangle turns dark-blue...)

[grantek]

Hi Vadi,

I was recently given a Logitech G5, I had to switch to the evdev driver to get all of the buttons working, and when I did, the menus in etqw became unusable - pointer kept "resetting" itself to the lower right of the screen. It almost seemed like the "right" and "down" movements of the mouse were 10x more sensitive than "up" and "left".

I found out what was affecting me was this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsdl1.2/+bug/189958
which is probably why everyone's asking if you're using evdev.

It doesn't sound like you're affected (since you've got "mouse" and no "evdev" in xorg.conf), but if you post a pastebin link to your /var/log/Xorg.0.log, it might show something useful :)

btw the workaround (disabling dga) in that bug link worked for me.

[Vadi]

Thanks for responding. Here is the log: http://paste2.org/p/79508

[yotambien]

It is the driver statement, if you want to use evdev then you may not use mouse but evdev.

Um... I don't know what do I want to use. I want to use something that works.

THERE, look carefully, people. That's exactly what he needs, something that WORKS.

Sorry, I couldn't resist to highlight this exceptional example of the simplest and most important thing one would need from a computer (or anything else). You've got all my sympathy, Vadi. Unfortunately, I can't help you with your problem, but I think these guys will point you to the right tracks.

[Vadi]

grantek, I tried the dga workaround, both the export and xorg.conf, but it does not help in quake wars (which is what I want to get working). It did help in the cube 2 game though.

[deanjo]

For me it was to use this in the mouse section.

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

[Vadi]

That didn't work for me; it kicked me into the low-res mode.

[deanjo]

What mouse are you using?

[Vadi]

It's a logitech nano: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/mice/devices/3271&cl=US,EN