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Guide to FS Open on Linux

2009-04-15T21:13:05Z

Cybertinus: Adding a link to the new common problem "Mouse jumps to bottom right corner"

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*[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Introduction|Introduction]]
*[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Preparation|Preparation]]
**[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Installing Subversion|Installing Subversion]]
**[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Installing the Development Libraries|Installing the Development Libraries]]
*[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Acquiring the Code|Acquiring the Code]]
*[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Pre-Compile Configuration|Pre-Compile Configuration]]
**[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Optimization|Optimization]]
*[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Compiling|Compiling]]
**[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Compile Script|Compile Script]]
*[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Acquiring the Game Data|Acquiring the Game Data]]
**[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Extracting data from CD|Extracting data from CD]]
***[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Installing unshield|Installing unshield]]
****[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Data Installation script|Data Installation script]]
*[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Post-Compile Configuration|Post-Compile Configuration]]
**[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Graphics Settings|Graphics Settings]]
**[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/StartUp Script|StartUp Script]]
*[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Troubleshooting|Troubleshooting]]
**[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Common Compile-time Errors|Common Compile-time Errors]]
***[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Novell SuSE and the Dependencies|Novell SuSE and the Dependencies]]
***[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/SDL: undefined reference to ...|SDL: undefined reference to ...]]
***[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Missing -lGLU compile error|Missing -lGLU compile error]]
**[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Common Runtime Errors|Common Runtime Errors]]
***[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/ERROR: "Web cursor bitmap not found."|ERROR: "Web cursor bitmap not found."]]
***[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/I18n and Key mapping problems|I18n and Key mapping problems]]
***[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Dedicated X Display|Dedicated X Display]]
***[[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Joystick Errors|Joystick Errors]]
***[[Mouse jumps to bottom right corner]]

[[Category:FreeSpace Open on Linux]]

Mouse jumping to bottom right corner

2009-04-15T20:59:03Z

Cybertinus:

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You start the game and as soon as you move the mouse, it jumps to the bottom right corner. And it keeps jumping back to the bottom right corner, when you move the mouse. 
This has something to do with an error of the mouse rendering in SDL (a standard C++ library for a sorts of media). This is easily fixed by running the following command on the terminal you are using to start fs2_open 
$ export SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0

It is also possible to add this to your startup script of your shell, so you don't have to think about it when you want to play Freespace. This would be: 
*~/.bashrc when you are using Bash
*~/.zshrc (when you are using ZSH)
if you are using a different shell, I'm pretty sure you have a file which does the same thing.

This is the topic where the solution was found for this problem: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=62347

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Mouse jumping to bottom right corner

2009-04-15T20:57:22Z

Cybertinus:

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You start the game and as soon as you move the mouse, it jumps to the bottom right corner. And it keeps jumping back to the bottom right corner, when you move the mouse. 
This has something to do with an error of the mouse rendering in SDL (a standard C++ library for a sorts of media). This is easily fixed by running the following command on the terminal you are using to start fs2_open 
$ export SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0

It is also possible to add this to your startup script of your shell, so you don't have to think about it when you want to play Freespace. This would be: 
*~/.bashrc when you are using Bash
*~/.zshrc (when you are using ZSH)
if you are using a different shell, I'm pretty sure you have a file which does the same thing.

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Mouse jumping to bottom right corner

2009-04-15T20:51:29Z

Cybertinus: Solution for the problem that the mousepointer always jumps to the bottom right corner

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You start the game and as soon as you move the mouse, it jumps to the bottom right corner. And it keeps jumping back to the bottom right corner, when you move the mouse. 
This has something to do with an error of the mouse rendering in SDL (a standard C++ library for a sorts of media). This is easily fixed by running the following command on the terminal you are using to start fs2_open 
$ export SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0

It is also possible to add this to your startup script of your shell, so you don't have to think about it when you want to play Freespace. This would be: 
<ul>
<li>~/.bashrc when you are using Bash</li>
<li>~/.zshrc (when you are using ZSH)</li>
</ul>
if you are using a different shell, I'm pretty sure you have a file which does the same thing.

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