From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 8 1:25:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from finch-post-12.mail.demon.net (finch-post-12.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86A711542D for ; Sat, 8 May 1999 01:25:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by finch-post-12.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10g2Q4-000HHg-0C; Sat, 8 May 1999 08:25:13 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id JAA01591; Sat, 8 May 1999 09:24:41 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id JAA00320; Sat, 8 May 1999 09:24:25 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 09:24:25 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: cjclark@home.com Cc: media@mail1.nai.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moused trouble Message-ID: <19990508092425.A255@marder-1> References: <199905080148.VAA20064@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199905080148.VAA20064@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>; from Crist J. Clark on Fri, May 07, 1999 at 09:48:21PM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, May 07, 1999 at 09:48:21PM -0400, Crist J. Clark wrote: > media@mail1.nai.net wrote, > > At 1:18 AM -0400 5/7/99, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > > > > >Is moused already running? What does your 'dmesg' output say (if > > >anything) about your mouse? > > > > Where would I find that?? > > You say it's a PS/2 mouse so try, > > # dmesg | grep psm > > To see the information about mouse detection. To check if moused is > already running, have a look at, > > # ps -ef | grep moused ^^^ Try ``ps -ax'' instead you'll get better results :-). ``-ef'' will list the environment for each tty, not what you want, ``ps -ef'' is the sysV equivalent of ``ps -ax''. > > And it will catch a running moused process. Also, what lines, if any, > mention your mouse in /etc/rc.conf. > > > >> No variation on moused -i seems to work either, although I'm fairly sure > > >> psm0 and ps/2 would be the protocol and type it would respond. > > >> > > >> I haven't found any mouse button settings from stand/install. > > > > > >Mouse settings are under "Configure" then "Mouse." > > > > Yes, however, there aren't any _button_ settings there. > > Nope. That just picks the right driver. You'll need to tweak the > driver settings on your own. The entries for this will end up in > /etc/rc.conf, namely, a 'moused_flags' entry. > > > >> Please, what am I doing wrong?? > > > > > >The use of the mouse is fairly limited on the console. There is a much > > >more involved mouse setup if/when you do an 'xf86config'. > > > > I'm trying to do that too, but in the meanwhile the Handbook says that I > > can use the mouse to cut and paste without X. > > You can, but I've never used it much myself. I have an Intellimouse > with a third button (that wheel-thing) so I have never actually had to > deal with this problem. If you have a two-button mouse, I would > seriously consider purchasing a three-button serial mouse; you can > find them for ~$10 US easily. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message