From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 27 17:53:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA09151 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 17:53:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA09145 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 17:53:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id RAA20845; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 17:53:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 17:53:26 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: quiksilver cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mouse Trouble In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, quiksilver wrote: > I hear that moused and x are compatible if you use /dev/psm0 for moused > and /dev/sysmouse for X, for a ps/2 or "keyboard" mouse. So, i entered the > command 'moused -p /dev/psm0 -t ps/2' and moused works fine. Then, when I > run x, i can move my mouse, but it is really messed up. It is not useable > at all. The only way I can use x is to do a killall moused, then run it > with the dvice of /dev/psm0. Do you know how I can fix this? Edit /etc/XF86Config, pointer section. Set the file to /dev/sysmouse and the mouse type to Mouse Systems. > Also, I have another question. I put 'vidcontrol -m on' in the rc.local > file. Is there a way to make this work when I switch terminals, so I > don't have to keep typing moused -m on? Thanks a lot. Run the command in each vty? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major