Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 08:16:30 -0500 From: Dev Tugnait <dev@unixdaemon.org> To: Laurent Demaret <laurent.demaret@free.fr> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Console ps2 mouse behavior control (was : Re: test) Message-ID: <20031130131630.GA90661@daemon.org> In-Reply-To: <34F658A6-2336-11D8-A803-000393A95684@free.fr> References: <20031130112315.GC87835@daemon.org> <34F658A6-2336-11D8-A803-000393A95684@free.fr>
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Well hi firstly make sure /etc/rc.conf does set Emulate3Buttons=3Dyes...YOu=
didnt specify what mouse you have...Auto works fine mos t of the time. If =
you wan mouse wheel add this to XF86Config
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option Emulate3Buttons "no"
restart X this is just an example feel free to try it have fun :)
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* Laurent Demaret (laurent.demaret@free.fr) wrote:
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> Le dimanche, 30 nov 2003, =E0 12:23 Europe/Paris, Dev Tugnait a =E9crit :
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> >its not quiet we are alive and kicking :)
> Good, let's see if you can kick me out from my mess ;-/
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> My basic purpose is to give my children a so much nice place on their=20
> pc than my one on my mac.
> Instead of their win98 ..
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> So I rode lots of docs about freebsd (specialy handbook, faq,=20
> beginners), downloaded iso images of the 5.1release and started the=20
> install from cd.
> Everythings were almost nice the first time (with learning, reading,=20
> understanding behind) so far I tried to add wheel mouse to my=20
> configuration.
> It was a bad idea because the next time I started freebsd my rc.conf=20
> had a bad character (eof instead of backquote or whatever) on the 1456=20
> th line (of a 1455 lines file). Maybee because I made change with=20
> abiword ...
> Before that time I had been able to set up a good configuration for my=20
> ps2 mouse and it worked fine inside kde and even in console mode.
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> Unable to make a new rc.conf from the bad one I made a new install of=20
> freebsd but probably not the good one as my kde taskbar don't have=20
> anymore direct to shell button. (I will have a look at that later).
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> The main trouble I have now is to stop stupid behavior of my mouse : as=
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> soon I move it too fast or move a couple pixels to left it refuges=20
> itself on left edge of the screen. Tried to control that from kde but=20
> did not get any amelioration. Kde mouse is set to sysmouse so I would=20
> like to get a correct mouse behavior from sysinstall test mouse dialog.
> The best thing I can get now is with Microsoft IntelliMouse but pointer=
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> still go as quick as possible to left side of the screen, whichever=20
> protocol I use.
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> I tried many ways to come back the first time I setted, tried to=20
> remember the good words to ask google but at least get exausted : how=20
> to configure freebsd mouse focus (to the macos one) in console mode ?
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> "auto" give me the worse : each move of the mouse act as accept (or=20
> refuse ?) sysinstall dialog "Is the mouse cursor moving"
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> Hopefully
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> Laurent Demaret
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> --=20
> laurent.demaret@freeNoSpam.fr
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