Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:39:01 +0200 From: John Angelmo <john@veidit.net> To: hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org Cc: Gary Stanley <gary@outloud.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mouse in Xfree86 4.2.0 Message-ID: <3CBAE605.7020600@veidit.net> References: <20020415143616.72725.qmail@web21105.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hiten Pandya wrote: > --- Gary Stanley <gary@outloud.org> wrote: > >>Sysinstall - post configure and re-do your mouse. The only workaround I >>have found. > > > The other way, is to edit your XF86Config to point to > /dev/pcm0 (if you are using a PS2 mouse), or /dev/sioN (N being the COM port > number), which gives XFree86 direct access to your mouse. But remember, if > you do this, you will need to disable the moused from Sysinstall. > > >>>When I start XFree86 I get the error that /dev/mouse can't be found, OK >>>devfs seems to be installd so MAKEDEV dosn't exist anymore, is there >>>anyway to get /dev/mouse working as in FreeBSD 4? >> > > Technically the MAKEDEV script still exists in src/etc/MAKEDEV*, but it > is only copied to /dev if you have disabled the DEVFS k-option, afaik. > > -- Hiten Pandya > -- <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org> > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message /dev/sysmouse woked best for me since I have both a USB mouse and a touchpad so with /dev/sysmouse both works. /John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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