Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:06:55 -0500 From: James Tanis <jtanis@pycoder.org> To: mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com> Cc: Eric Smith <arcain@yahoo.com>, sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sparc64/91882: Ultra 10 mouse/keyboard Message-ID: <65dcde740601181906n4cca3345n34c11b2cc95303a8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060117023037.30631.qmail@web34007.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <200601162038.k0GKcaU1061083@www.freebsd.org> <20060117023037.30631.qmail@web34007.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On 1/16/06, mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com> wrote: > This PR can be safely closed, I've answered this > question and others like it on the sparc64 list many > times now, and a quick search of the list for type5 > mouse will bring up my posts containing a great wealth > of information on how to get this working, both with > and without moused. Seems like someone should be bugged to put this in a manpage, preferably under somewhere relevant for both the mouse daemon and xorg. Maybe I misinterpreted the meaning of "tier 1," but I was a little disappointed with the lack of sparc relevant man pages for (especially) more generic items like mice. I'm honestly not calling anybody's work deficient, much the opposite, sparc64 is a relatively young platform for FreeBSD. On the other hand, calling sparc64 a "tier 1" platform is a bit misleading, people are honestly going to expect the same spit and polish as they see w/ i386. If it's merely a lack of man hours, I'm sure one or two of us freeriders would be more than willing to update a manpage or two. > > I'm not sure why you looked for "sunmouse" - I've only > ever seen name this used by Linux. This is not a > problem, and the term "lack of drivers" is incorrect. > > I though I recalled sunmouse being present in /dev, but it could be my memory has blurred the lines and confused it with sysmouse. Actually.. I'm pretty sure its the xorgconfig program that mentions sunmouse. I'm 99.9% positive It is mentioned somewhere in FreeBSD (whether its a program or a manpage I'm unsure).. > It feels like this is a recurring question on a weekly > basis, I'd be more than willing to write a big ole > document on the subject if someone wants to stick it > into the handbook or FAQ or something to attempt to > curb these and make this a little bit easier for new > users. > I think anything would be great, its obviously a big enough concern to warrant it. -- James Tanis jtanis@pycoder.org http://pycoder.org
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