Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:39:36 -0500 From: icantthinkofone <icantthinkofone@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mouse diagnostics tools? Message-ID: <4712D2E8.5040805@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20710141621m7640cc42u617dd9915544edd1@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20710141621m7640cc42u617dd9915544edd1@mail.gmail.com>
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Jim Stapleton wrote: > I just got a microsoft wireless optical desktop 3000 (Microsoft > Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0), and am running in FreeBSD 6.2/Xorg 7.2 > > I have tried the mouse on a Windows machine and it works fine. The > keyboard works well on Windows and FreeBSD. The mouse, however, > doesn't seem to be recognized. I do not see a mouse cursor on a > console, and the mouse in X doesn't react to motion, scrolling, left > or right clicking. > > Anyone > (A) know how to get one of these working in FreeBSD? > and/or > (B) know a tool to help diagnose this issue? > > Web searches show that the mouse can work in LInux, but you need to > work with xmodmap to get the left click functional. There are no hits > for FreeBSD. > > I've tested with an old mouse (wired) and it works fine, however in > this situation, a wired mouse is not a solution. > > Thank you, > -Jim Stapleton > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Don't know of any diagnostics but we would need to see your xorg.conf and rc.conf to help make this work.
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