Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:19:45 -0600 From: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@hecubus.bsdonline.org> To: FreeBSD-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse Message-ID: <20010219151945.A818@cec.wustl.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010219165814.5370.qmail@web119.yahoomail.com>; from s_ain_t@yahoo.com on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:58:13AM -0800 References: <20010219092820.B5660@buchanan-181-249.stures.iastate> <20010219165814.5370.qmail@web119.yahoomail.com>
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Here's what I can tell from the moused man page. Intellimouse is only supported for serial mice. All ps/2 mice must use the ps/2 protocol, or use autodetect. Likewise, USB mice must use the autodetect protocol. The "No core pointer" error occurs when you try to access /dev/psm0 with XFree86, while running moused... if you look closer at the error, you will see some sort of permission or access problem. Set the XFree86 mouse protocol to SysMouse and use /dev/sysmouse to get mouse support in XFree86. Having the pointer not move can be caused by man things, including a broken mouse. Having a crazy pointer jumping everywhere is a sure sign of specifying an incorrect mouse protocol. Moused or you xserver will misread the data the mouse sends to the ps/2 bus. I've had this error many times. If you want to get wheel support going, you'll probably need either a serial mouse or a linux installation. I don't know of anybody who's gotten a ps/2 wheelmouse working in FreeBSD, at least not while using moused. Good luck getting this all working. On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:58:13AM -0800, Peter Shpak wrote: > if you are starting the mouse daemon before you get to > X then the mouse is at /dev/sysmouse > i found that the best way to set up an IntelliMouse > with X is to say the following: > > Section "InputDevice" > # Identifier and driver > > Identifier "Mouse1" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "Auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > Option "Buttons" "5" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > the above makes the mouse wheel work as well. > > arz@iastate.edu> wrote: > > I tried to hook a PS/2 mouse (IntelliMouse) to my > > FreeBSD box and I couldn't > > make it work with X 4.0.2. I did some experimenting > > and I can't quite > > remember particular symptoms with different > > configurations, but problems > > included: > > - X server not starting at all (no core pointer) > > - X server starting but mouse pointer not moving > > - X server starting but mouse pointer jumping all > > over the screen > > > > `cat /dev/psm0' usually resulted in `Device busy' > > (that was the reason > > why X couldn't see the mouse). > > > > The mouse was installed on irq12, detected during > > boot, no flags passed > > to the driver. > > > > I'm using a KVM switch, but I tried to use the mouse > > with and without it. > > Currently I have the mouse hooked up via the > > PS/2---serial adapter, but > > I feel that's not the Right Way. > > > > Any help will be appreciated. > > > > -- > > ,oOo.Bc -=EE Krzysztof Parzyszek > > <hektor@iname.com> 11/29/2000 3:41pm > > -'7' `L' ---Entropy isn't > > what it used to be... > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the > message > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Andrew Hesford - ajh3@chmod.ath.cx "355/113 -- Not the famous irrational number PI, but an incredible simulation!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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