Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 07:36:54 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Paul Halliday <dp@penix.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, "Crespo, Ramon" <IMCEAEX-_O=STIS_OU=STIS_CN=RECIPIENTS_CN=RCRESPO@STIS.com> Subject: Re: X11 Settings for the MiataGL Message-ID: <20010620073654.C90008@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <3B2EB34C.253019C8@penix.org>; from dp@penix.org on Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 10:05:00PM -0400 References: <EFF0DECB3849D4118E2C00508BCFD4E530F24C@fl-mia01-m.stis.com.10.in-addr.arpa> <15150.17051.201667.856092@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <3B2E4BBE.6FEC26EF@penix.org> <20010618180804.E540@dragon.nuxi.com> <3B2EB34C.253019C8@penix.org>
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 10:05:00PM -0400, Paul Halliday wrote: > > > as200 xf86config-> > > > > > > Now give the full device name that the device is connected to, for > > > example /dev/tty00. Just pressing enter will use the default, > > > /dev/mouse. > > > > > > Mouse device: /dev/sysmouse > > > > Uh.. you have given the mouse device, but not protocol to use. X has to > > know both. Speaking M$ Intelmouse to /dev/sysmouse is not a productive > > thing. > > I was merely stating that their is no need to edit XF86Config by hand. > Unless you fuck something up when > you first run it. Well not clearly. Your instructions should also point out which protocol to manually pick. Otherwise someone might choose PS/2 protocol (since that is what their mouse is) and /dev/sysmouse. This will not work well. Since someone might use your email as recipe to get their X setup, it would be best to tell the complete story. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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