Mouse Jittering under Mint (Ubuntu) Linux

[Rivalary]

Hey guys,
I moved to Linux because of the problems I was having running the game under Windows. I had the Nvidia 8800 graphics bug, alot of stuttering under both Vista and 7 as well as graphic corruption.

Moving to Linux fixed all of these, it runs like a dream. However, the one only problem I have is with the mouse. It will work fine for a couple minutes, then it will start to jitter badly. It won't move in a straight line, it only goes a fraction of the distance that I try to move it to, and if I hold the right button down to look around, it stutters, almost making me sick.

I've tried running SoD under the latest version of Wine as well as Crossover Games 9.0.
I've tried deleting my eqclient.ini, my UI_Drazgan_.ini, and switched back to the default UI.
I've also tried playing with the settings in the Wine Configuration Program; emulating a virtual desktop, toggling the checkboxes under the "Window Settings" section.

I've tried playing windowed, full screen, setting processor affinity with both the patcher and taskset -c 0

I don't know why SoD is having the problem. I can play Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 with no problems or glitches.

If anyone has encountered this or has a suggestion, please let me know
Thanks

Update:
It seems it's caused by something to do with the fonts.
If I make my chat bar span the screen vertically, I lag like crazy
If I change the font from Arial, the mouse stops lagging as bad. So far, it seems that "Droid Sans" seems the best non-laggy choice. I wonder why it doesn't like certain fonts though...
Also, if I use F10 to turn off my UI, the mouse runs smooth.
I'd like to fix the problem, but at least it seems to be playable after 2 minutes of testing. Hopefully it stays playable and I find a solution to fix the problem in the meantime.

System Specs:
Core 2 Duo E8500 CPU
GTX 280 SSC Edition
8 GB DDR2 RAM
640GB and 160GB HDDs (SATA 1)
Nforce 790i chipset
Logitech G7 Mouse
Logitech Wave Wired Keyboard
Samsung 2233 120Hz 1680x1050 monitor

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[ 21.014569] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
Linux man1 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
wine-1.1.42
server glx version string: 1.4
client glx version string: 1.4
GLX version: 1.4
OpenGL version string: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 195.36.24
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.50 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
direct rendering: Yes
GL_EXT_Cg_shader, GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test, GL_EXT_direct_state_access,

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00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
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00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
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00:02.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C55 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0e.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0e.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge (rev a2)
00:0f.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:11.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a3)
00:12.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a3)
00:13.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a3)
01:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 05b1 (rev a2)
02:00.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 05b1 (rev a2)
02:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 05b1 (rev a2)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT200 [GeForce GTX 280] (rev a1)
05:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)

 

[Dreakon]

I'm guessing you're probably running it with wine? If so, what version? Try getting the latest 1.2 release candidate (it's up to rc7 now)... or wait a week or two and get the final 1.2 release when it comes out lol. Maybe that'll help.

Also, if you can, install corefonts using winetricks...
http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks

Corefonts essentially installs the more essential font files that you'd normally find in Windows to the C:\WINDOWS area of your wine installation so your games can recognize and use them. At least that's my understanding.

If that doesn't fix it (I'm guessing it might if it's a problem with fonts), try installing gdiplus as well using winetricks. Those (corefonts and gdiplus) are the only two I have installed and it seems SoD runs pretty well with them... or at least, I don't have that same mouse problem as you. Bare in mind, the mouse doesn't seem quite perfect when playing SoD in wine yet, but I think this should fix your particular problem lol.

 

[Rivalary]

Thanks for the reply, I'll try it when I get home from work

I'm guessing you're probably running it with wine? If so, what version? Try getting the latest 1.2 release candidate (it's up to rc7 now)... or wait a week or two and get the final 1.2 release when it comes out lol. Maybe that'll help.

Also, if you can, install corefonts using winetricks...
http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks

Corefonts essentially installs the more essential font files that you'd normally find in Windows to the C:\WINDOWS area of your wine installation so your games can recognize and use them. At least that's my understanding.

If that doesn't fix it (I'm guessing it might if it's a problem with fonts), try installing gdiplus as well using winetricks. Those (corefonts and gdiplus) are the only two I have installed and it seems SoD runs pretty well with them... or at least, I don't have that same mouse problem as you. Bare in mind, the mouse doesn't seem quite perfect when playing SoD in wine yet, but I think this should fix your particular problem lol.

 

[Rivalary]

Nah, didn't help anything I'll just have to play with the alternate font, it's playable though not perfect. Good enough