From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 12 2:30:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0191937B400 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 02:30:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from uclink4.berkeley.edu (uclink4.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.25.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3A7F43E64 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 02:30:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neo@uclink.berkeley.edu) Received: from SYNTHESIS.uclink.berkeley.edu (12-233-46-98.client.attbi.com [12.233.46.98]) by uclink4.berkeley.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6C9UVqr002409 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 02:30:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020712022426.00abe000@uclink.berkeley.edu> X-Sender: neo@uclink.berkeley.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 02:29:05 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: chris Subject: Re: new user woes In-Reply-To: <20020712092423.GB295@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020712020158.00b1ed80@uclink.berkeley.edu> <5.1.0.14.2.20020712013620.00af8478@uclink.berkeley.edu> <5.1.0.14.2.20020712013620.00af8478@uclink.berkeley.edu> <5.1.0.14.2.20020712020158.00b1ed80@uclink.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 11:24 AM 7/12/2002 +0200, you wrote: > > Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 02:11:27 -0700 > > To: Roman Neuhauser > > From: chris > > Subject: Re: new user woes > > please, keep the list among recipients. > > > >> One, I have an extended fat32 partition on the same drive (ide) that > > >> FreeBSD 4.6 is installed on. I have tried mounting it with 'mount -t > > >msdos > > >> /dev/ad0s5 /mnt', but only to get a 'Device not configured' error. > > > > > > This is just a guess: does the device exist in /dev? > > > > It didn't at first, but a helping hand suggested that I use MAKEDEV, which > > succeeded in creating ad0s5 in /dev. > > ok, so this is fixed. no, the device exists now, but I get the 'Device not configured error.' > > > >> Second, I'm having difficulty getting my mouse to work properly in > X. It > > >> works in the console, but when I load either kde or gnome, the moment i > > >> move the mouse the slightest bit, it jumps to the topleft corner of the > > >> screen, sometimes opening a menu on the desktop. It does not respond to > > >> mouse clicks, and moving the mouse does not do much. It is a USB MS > > >> Intellimouse optical. I have also tried using a generic ps/2 mouse, > but > > >I > > >> get the same error. > > > > > > You most probably need to a) turn off moused b) set the protocol to > > > "auto" in both moused and x. Look in the archives. > > > > I have done that, and to no avail. I should add, that my mouse works > > perfectly fine in xf86cfg. > > i'm afraid i won't be of any help then. i use xf86config, not > xf86cfg, and my mice have always worked with this setup. i don't use > gnome or kde though, just a window manager. i've tried both configs. >-- >FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE >11:22AM up 48 mins, 4 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message