Most replys correctly suggested that twisting the mousepad 90 degrees
creates this problem.
This was in this case not the problem. This is a fairly new sparc 10 with a
new type 5 keypoard-mouse.
A type 5 mouse does NOT work with an older type 4 keypad.
After switching to a new type 5 mousepad it works again.
the most pinpointing reply was from Hans Schaechl.
Thanks a lot Hans.
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Two possible reasons:
1. Somebody turned the mousepad 90 degrees. Turn it back and
the mouse should work in both directions again.
2. You got a mousepad with the wrong painting on it. We once had
some older type 4 mousepads and tried to run the stype 5 mouse
on them and it only worked in 1 direction.
HTH,
Hans Schaechl <hans@mpim-bonn.mpg.de>
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Thanks to all of you that suggested twisting the mousepad, I should have
mentioned I already tried that in the original request for help.
Quite a few suggested this, thanks to:
Craig Raskin, raskin@asiaonline.net.tw
"Milt Webb, IQ Software" <milt@iqsc.com>
"John Higgins" <higginsj@cork.cig.mot.com>
jgarb@erim.org (Joe Garbarino)
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