From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Aug 30 21:42:05 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AD56BC8DA4 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 21:42:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x22a.google.com (mail-it0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0A1DDF8D for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 21:42:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id n75so5443951ith.0 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:42:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=y1k6UeX+aAUQsDSLKh2u3gj+mU5gP1fCnrhxKP/sjkM=; b=ewLEK/XO1knxrKgCJhveYi0BaUepdpNoTsFLqDwSAIt9b4wPMAHsilig2fBb4DBvPR +Bgg0doqbMlVEmckrMMCEt3adb5jSJGpUFOFuHn0UEh5pMgq7Rca8GwWkYek66n5wwXj Ll4qwqMqBjbLdJZ7b5pCp1pfGzOg1bOBZ4YxQYKMZsgLxKTmKzGKn5tR2OQviA4rwaD9 td8s6XBuxGPfXHZfViGQpIaZGuRoV/0vYroQuMdsF4GNBKHpp7/FfeTaMM1JF2tNoDyD uyUeL+2qinupTivtk3px6//LvE/svkfRK7l6PzkEDGiQxBxI0SL5aReVLy3vJPv0CJN5 nFCw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=y1k6UeX+aAUQsDSLKh2u3gj+mU5gP1fCnrhxKP/sjkM=; b=Lk9LdyWIxmtns0Mw1D4kg7Tgf8YUMU1zafeLp6IIqe7QX5PSTLSaS9qFEN/mLUojbb t5CAZ8OKR/Vnh/f3xyklTfoOulUNwpOce7i7QNiXwzN5B5yV8iGRMVgc54ykPolEy2cy 1xb5OskxXlXPDCGZkOSTSzy2TXfK7lfdsCMT2jhNgkQxkNQy62U1NNFLk1Pyy41TB1ys 39JjOTMvBLyEvt+lKj27p9laE8B6RzGuJUYHPaxpitfRzdkvfG/xkHoJdrbD4MbCko9T t/8HOZdZH8vquQ/D5uoRTu6rH1cjrpr9+wCA3/cRyEX6pVUru169LjUEN9v4XIq/teXj Wbcg== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwN5L/OBhOm6xtFB/YrNIVMFl039frZzhbKupfc5tpjmPGUTelM8QgwelsIImQV+Elq9NE9dkqMkA8RKcA== X-Received: by 10.107.182.68 with SMTP id g65mr1623016iof.30.1472593324430; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:42:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.79.138.6 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:42:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160830233525.513665cf.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20160830233525.513665cf.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Antonio Olivares Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:42:04 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: mouse problems on Lumina To: Polytropon Cc: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 21:42:05 -0000 On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:21:44 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: >> Dear FreeBSD users, >> >> I have successfully installed FreeBSD 11.0RC2, I have installed Lumina >> as my desktop, it is small and does not use much memory. I like it >> and have run it successfully on another machine running DragonFly. I >> have dbus_enabled="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and added hald_enable="YES" as >> well, [...] > > Is HAL still needed? I thought it was abolished in Linux some > years ago and is not neccessary in FreeBSD anymore. Have you > tried temporarily disabling HAL and checking if it was the > cause of your problem? That would be my first suggestion for > further diagnostics. > I did not have it in /etc/rc.conf, but in some sites, they recommend it along with dbus_enable="YES". I added it to see if it made a difference, but I will remove it again. > > >> [...] but I lose mouse functionality when I switch from firefox to a >> terminal and then try to switch back to firefox, the mouse pointer >> gets lost and looks like a capital i . > > That cursor shape is a typical text field (input area) cursor. > > Otherwise, you could try using X terminals instead of switching > to the text mode virtual terminals. (If I read your question > correctly, you're refering to switching "out of" and "back to" X; > if this problem concerns switching between xterms and Firefox... > well, that would really be strange.) > > I am logged in to X with lumina desktop and using xterm, xterminal. I want to switch back to firefox and lose that ability. The mouse pointer becomes like a capital i, If I log out of terminal(xterm) I get the mouse back if there are no more xterminals open. Otherwise I have to close them out. > >> I have to use alt keys >> sometimes to quit applications. > > Which key combination is this? Do you say that it isn't working > even though it should? ALT+F4 to quit for instance firefox if I cannot do it with the mouse. I can click, but no response. > > > >> Mouse is a usb mouse device usm0 from >> Microsoft, and I also have moused_enabled="YES" in /etc/rc.conf. > > The moused entry isn't needed for USB mice, you can remove it. > I will do this and see what happens. > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... Thank you for your input. You have always provided help when someone has asked for help. Best Regards, Antonio