Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 15:52:11 +0200 (CEST) From: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> To: MBHASKAR@us.oracle.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Configuring a mouse Message-ID: <XFMail.980501155211.malte@webmore.com> In-Reply-To: <199804301912.MAA02852@mailsun2.us.oracle.com>
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First of all: Instead of xf86config you should use XF86Setup. Now regarding your mouse: What kind of mouse are you using ? Busmouse or PS/2-mouse ? "psm" is the PS/2-mouse-device, "mse" is the busmouse-device. I'll assume here you are using a PS/2-mouse. > 3) Here is the config line from /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL: > > device psm0 at isa? disable port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 > vector psmintr > options PSM_CHECKSYNC #checks the header byte for sync the keyword "disable" DISABLES your mouse. Remove it and build a new kernel or enter the kernel-config at boot-time and change it in the psm-device- entry. Did not find "PSM_CHECKSYNC" as an option on 2.2.6 Have a look at /dev and check if there is a "psm0"-device. Check /dev/mouse if it is pointing to /dev/psm0. > 1) Do we have to explicitly invoke the moused daemon? Is it not > automatically started by startx/xinit? I haven't run moused > until now. Moused is a FreeBSD-thing. Don't confuse it with the pointer-device in X. You do not really need moused running, but if you use it, the Pointer-section in /etc/XF86Config gets much easier. Moused can be enabled in /etc/rc.conf with several options and flags. Have a look at "man moused". It is very well written and explains everything about configuring the moused for several kinds of mice. If you decide to use moused, the Pointer-section in /ect/XF86Config will look like this: Section "Pointer" Protocol "SysMouse" Device "/dev/mouse" EndSection If you will not use moused, then you need to change your /etc/XF86Config: > 2) Here is the Pointer section in /etc/XF86Config file: > ># ********************************************************************** ># Pointer section ># ********************************************************************** > > Section "Pointer" > Protocol "MouseMan" > Device "/dev/ttyd0" /dev/ttyd0 is not the PS/2-mouse-device. Make /dev/mouse a link to /dev/psm0 and specify "Device "/dev/mouse". Hope this helps. Malte > Regards, > Mahesh > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Mahesh Bhaskarpandit | Phone: (W) 650-506-3246 > 1Op252, Oracle Corporation, | (R) 650-345-1879 > 500, Oracle Parkway, | Fax: 650-506-7355 > Redwood City, CA - 94065 | E-mail: mbhaskar@us.oracle.com > | maheshb30@hotmail.com > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> Date: 01-May-98 Time: 14:35:39 ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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