Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 13:30:57 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mouse question.... Message-ID: <39A6D781.BDEC1113@urx.com> References: <200008250449.VAA05812@tao.thought.org> <20000824223158.J1209@fw.wintelcom.net> <20000825101432.B10594@tao.thought.org> <39A6C968.C77BBB15@urx.com> <20000825130154.B12019@tao.thought.org>
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Gary Kline wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 12:30:48PM -0700, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > > > > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > The mouse (Belkin? or something like that) has a switch > > > between "Microsoft" and "PS2"; we didn't try the PS2 > > > but the "Microsoft" setting definitely failed. > > > > > > The mouse on this box is that works here wouldn't work on > > > the other FBSD computer. > > > > > > gary > > > > > > PS: It occurs to me to rcp over the /etc/XF86Config from here > > > make the X -> link and try again with this mouse. Didn't think > > > of that last night... . > > > > Did you use an adapter to connect from ps/2 to serial. No all adapters > > are created equal :). Only the one that came with the mouse has worked > > for me. > > > > Well, looks like, at a minimum, *this* mouse on my other machine > wasn't working because my /etc/ttys entry for "COM2" was wrong. > As for the ps/2 side of things, no, I didn't use any adaptor. Hind sight is great :). > > The remote mouse was either a cheap or free mouse that CompUSA or > whatever store was giving away. If it came with an adaptor, > it's long lost! At any rate, in the "Microsoft" mode, the > 1st and 3rd buttons (only) worked. Because I didn't use the > keyboard/mouse/CRT that much, I didn't pay much attention to > it. Now it's a different story. I understand that feeling well. The mouse port on my KVM switch died. It would work on my old Win 2000 system but not on FreeBSD. I only have one monitor and keyboard but now I have two mice. I was really thinking about having two of the cordless mice until I got serious and looked at the price. Kent > > gary > > -- > Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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