Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:40:40 -0800 From: John Clark <j1clark@ucsd.edu> To: newbie@XFree86.Org Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: [Newbie]XF86 4.2.0 "xf86cfg" command, one day at a time :( Message-ID: <96DDE582-4764-11D6-8E71-0050E420D957@ucsd.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020403155245.H210-200000@66-75-1-142.san.rr.com>
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I have not installed XFree on a FreeBSD system in a while. So my comments are perhaps a bit general. That being said, I checked my FreeBSD 4.4 setup, and there are the following items: %ls /dev/*mou* /dev/mouse /dev/sysmouse %ls -ltr /dev/*mou* lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 13 Jun 24 2000 /dev/mouse -> /dev/sysmouse crw------- 1 root wheel 12, 128 Dec 20 09:28 /dev/sysmouse %ps -ax | grep mouse 226 ?? Is 0:00.00 moused -p /dev/psm0 -t auto In this case, I presume moused associates /dev/psm0 with /dev/sysmouse. Also, as I recall installing XFree on a NetBSD system, I could not get the auto configuration part of the Xserver to work as in generat a config file that worked. I used xf86config, which asks a zillion questions but generated a working config file eventually. I did look at the log file to verify that the X server was seeing the video card that I had, which in my case was my Presario Laptop, Trident Blade mumblefoo. Also, in the NetBSD case if I tried to bring the server up without a mouse, bad things happened. Hope this gives some clues... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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