[CentOS] mouse issues in centos 4

> 
> Try restarting the console mouse services (/etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm
> restart).  I know this *shouldn't* have anything to do with X11, but
> we had a RH9 box that would occasionally lose track of the mouse, and
> restarting GPM would fix it on that machine.

> 
If it's a graphical workstation I DISABLE gpm....  most users (don't)
use a console thus don't require a console mouse.

chkconfig gpm off 

As also stated...  remove as many modules NOT required.