From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 15 02:39:43 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57E5716A418 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:39:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from icantthinkofone@charter.net) Received: from mtao02.charter.net (mtao02.charter.net [209.225.8.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D991813C459 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:39:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from icantthinkofone@charter.net) Received: from aarprv06.charter.net ([10.20.200.76]) by mtao02.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.03.00 201-2186-126-20070710) with ESMTP id <20071015023936.JJYO27011.mtao02.charter.net@aarprv06.charter.net> for ; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:39:36 -0400 Received: from robs-laptop.com ([71.85.241.27]) by aarprv06.charter.net with ESMTP id <20071015023936.VSYE14098.aarprv06.charter.net@robs-laptop.com> for ; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:39:36 -0400 Message-ID: <4712D2E8.5040805@charter.net> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:39:36 -0500 From: icantthinkofone User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070914) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <80f4f2b20710141621m7640cc42u617dd9915544edd1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20710141621m7640cc42u617dd9915544edd1@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Chzlrs: 0 Subject: Re: Mouse diagnostics tools? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:39:43 -0000 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.