MOUSE messed up in (some) DOOM programs.

[Flemur]

Previously if I could run freedoom1 and freedoom2 and several linux installs, now I mostly get this problem (after some update - I don't play doom very often, so who knows what the update was and when):

-- the character (the shooter) spins and occasionally moves about randomly. Completely unplayable.
-- In a hexen game the character stares at the ceiling while he spins around.

In a fairly stock Mint 20.3 Xfce, freedoom1,2 works OK, but if I install doomsday, I get the weird mouse behavior again - and doomsday seems to "take over" the other doom programs, so running freedoom1,2 starts doomsday with the bad mouse behavior. Freedoom1,2 don't work on Arch, although they used to.

Researching didn't provide any good answers except perhaps the problem might have something to do with "DGA mouse", or "mouse y-axis" settings, or some xorg.conf setting.

I'm using a logitech 510 "unifying" mouse although a regular USB mouse also didn't work, but it didn't work in a different way.

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inxi -Fzx
System:    Kernel: 5.13.0-25-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 
           Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: GIGABYTE product: MZGLKAP-00 v: 1.x serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: GIGABYTE model: MZGLKAP-00 v: 1.x serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: F6 
           date: 03/19/2019 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech K520 charge: 70% (should be ignored) status: Discharging 
           Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510 charge: 55% (should be ignored) 
           status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Celeron J4105 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Goldmont Plus rev: 1 
           L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 11980 
           Speed: 930 MHz min/max: 800/2500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1102 2: 916 3: 1081 4: 924 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 605 vendor: Gigabyte driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 600 (GLK 2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:0e.0 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.13.0-25-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: f040 
           bus ID: 01:00.0 
           IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 
           v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 02:00.0 
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 698.65 GiB used: 60.24 GiB (8.6%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: PNY model: CS900 500GB SSD size: 465.76 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Crucial model: CT250MX500SSD4 size: 232.89 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 23.86 GiB used: 10.15 GiB (42.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 195 Uptime: 45m Memory: 7.52 GiB used: 1.12 GiB (14.9%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 
           Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: zsh v: 5.8 inxi: 3.0.38