From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 13 00:16:20 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3FB23282 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:16:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from IMAIL5.netenterprise.net (imail5.netenterprise.net [64.29.90.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE6342A74 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:16:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ponolei.intra.net [72.235.61.32] by IMAIL5.netenterprise.net with ESMTP (SMTPD-12.3.0.100) id 350400065857e900; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:16:11 -1000 Message-ID: <53EAAE45.7000005@hdk5.net> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:16:05 -1000 From: al plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Benfell Subject: Re: operation not permitted on entropy file References: <20140810124433.da498898.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140810224038.GD24036@home.parts-unknown.org> <20140811101822.41851cc7.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140811142707.GA10186@home.parts-unknown.org> <20140811171653.b7c60e58.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140811153535.GA30506@home.parts-unknown.org> <20140811183912.ef0f20a6.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140812023229.GB84770@home.parts-unknown.org> <20140812073141.217954e3.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140812234321.GB25757@home.parts-unknown.org> In-Reply-To: <20140812234321.GB25757@home.parts-unknown.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Polytropon , FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:16:20 -0000 David Benfell wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 07:31:41AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > >> No, Scroll Lock is a fully normal key that does what is >> printed on the keycap. Why so surprised? ;-) >> >> > Because when I hit the up arrow key in my shell, it understands this > as recalling (successively) previous command(s) in my shell history. > > I guess the difference here must be that I normally use zsh rather > than sh? > >>> Wouldn't the copy and paste operation require moused? I have an issue >>> here because I haven't figured out how to get moused to recognize my >>> USB mouse (which is strange: it does this just fine on my notebook). >>> >> Yes, moused would need to be enabled, so the console can >> provide mouse support. It's quite handy for transfering >> text from one virtual terminal to another. By the way, >> left-doubleclick selects words, left-tripleclick selects >> the whole line, and left-click selects start + right-click >> selects end of a region. It works with _any_ program. >> >> > Cool, but for some reason it was refusing to recognize /dev/ums0, even > though the device was present on the system. I looked around for > configuration bits, but didn't find any. Unless somebody sends me an > old serial mouse, the only type of mouse that will ever be plugged > into this system will be USB. This system doesn't even have connectors > for the mouse and keyboard connectors that were common 15 years ago > (and I don't have any of those mice laying around either). > > For what it's worth, the hald/ubus conglomeration *does* recognize the > mouse. > > Thanks! Aloha , > Check with Logitech on line for strange mice. I got a bunch of adapters from them that I use if I get an old box that needs serial or whatever mice. I think some other new mice with work with the adapters as well. Wireless may work for you too. > ~ Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 ~ Supporting FreeBSD - UNIX Computer O/S email: noc@hdk5.net email: alplant.att.net ."All that's really worth doing is what we do for others" - Lewis Carrol