I was configuring my xorg (i think thats what its called) file, for the first time, and i have logictech optical mouse plugged into my Ps/2 port I think, i know its not usb, so I chose that option when I came to it

then i finished configuring the file, and then went to start x and it would it work it was jumping all over the place and it was clicking automatically which is kind of weird, it made the bash terminal pop up, is there any way to tell what the problem is, maybe the mouse option i chose or maybe i chose the wrong video card option, or maybe the wrong resolution or something


also when i started x, a bunch of gray an black dots came up for the background, I chose gnome for my default manager, and I was like fuck i thought I picked some wrong options and I didnt want to fuck up my monitor, but then the gnome logo popped up and it looked fine, and all the toolbars and things looked fine, but that ugly ass background was still there, and the terminal window looked fine

so i was wondering does gnome start with such an ugly background or did i mess something up in the configuration?


thanks for any help