Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 20:02:52 -0400 From: Bob Johnson <bob89@bobj.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: prague <korndistortion@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: dead mouse Message-ID: <200404082002.52630.bob89@bobj.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY7-DAV54aqbC8wSA100025202@hotmail.com> References: <BAY7-DAV54aqbC8wSA100025202@hotmail.com>
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On Thursday 08 April 2004 07:13 am, prague <"prague" <korndistortion@hotmail.com>> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > New to FreeBSD coming off of Slackware Linux. > > I went through the install okay but the mouse (an optical mouse, > non-USB) is dead when i do 'startx'. The mouse should be recognized > as a PS/2 but it wasn't. I have edited the XF86Config and changed it > to an IMPS/2 and added It may help to post your actual configuration, since you haven't given enough information to tell what it is. > > Options "Buttons" "5" > Options "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > to the file. This was a fix for Slackware and I thought it may have > been the same problem but, still nothing. > > Any ideas? I've found that in recent X11 releases, the FreeBSD mouse driver (moused) doesn't seem to play well. I don't use it, and I let X manage the mouse directly. For most mice, the "auto" protocol determination works fine, e.g. Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psm0" EndSection The advantage of the mouse driver is that it lets you cut and paste when you are using a text console (i.e. not using X). - Bob
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