From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 27 22:11:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA10294 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 27 Jul 1997 22:11:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts14-line9.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA10289 for ; Sun, 27 Jul 1997 22:11:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA06293; Sun, 27 Jul 1997 22:11:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 22:11:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Alexander Batzios cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xinitrc,moused and X In-Reply-To: <199707272110.OAA09215@f35.hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Alexander Batzios wrote: > > Hi there,I've noticed that two strange things happen to my freebsd > (2.2.2 release). First of all,when I run moused I can't use my mouse in > X until I kill it. To make these coexist, point X at /dev/sysmouse and tell it it's a Mouse Systems mouse. This will work while moused is running. > Second,when I modify the > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc file and use startx I get into graphics > mode for about 1 second,then back to text mode as if I normally exited > (no error messages etc). You shouldn't need to modify xinitrc, you should be tweaking /etc/XF86Config. And to start X, use 'startx'. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo