Re: weird mouse (PS/2) output

["Justin C. Sherrill" <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004, Liam J Foy wrote:
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>> It is exactly the same in console. This is a stable machine am trying
>> to make it work on.

Are there any physical interruptions in the mouse cable?  I've seen these
symptoms on a Linux machine then a switchbox was used, or on a variety of
computers when a PS/2 cable was unplugged/replugged.