Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 11:54:07 -0600 From: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> To: wsimpson Last Name <wsimpson@my-deja.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disable console mouse Message-ID: <20010308115407.B2029@cec.wustl.edu> In-Reply-To: <200103081645.IAA01294@mail15.bigmailbox.com>; from wsimpson@my-deja.com on Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 08:45:36AM -0800 References: <200103081645.IAA01294@mail15.bigmailbox.com>
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Actually, I've done this myself. I wasn't having performance troubles, but the FreeBSD kernel only supports basic PS/2 mice, and I wanted the fancy buttons to work. If you want featureful mice on the console, they need to use a serial port. :( If you ask me, the proper place for a mouse is on its own, dedicated bus, not a serial line. If you don't want to reboot, just `killall moused`. To stop it from loading at boot time, go check /etc/defaults/rc.conf. If you see moused_enable="NO" in there, go to /etc/rc.conf and remove the line that says moused_enable="YES". If /etc/defaults/rc.conf says moused_enable="YES", add a line to /etc/rc.conf that says moused_enable="NO" (removing any other moused_enable line). I'm sorry, I'm too lazy to check /etc/defaults/rc.conf to see what the default setting is, so you're on your own. :) Don't forget to reconfigure the xserver so it doesn't use sysmouse, or you won't have a working pointer in X. On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 08:45:36AM -0800, wsimpson Last Name wrote: > I find that my mouse is terribly sluggish under X. For example, I > have to hold the mouse button down a full second on an object I want > to drag (else it isn't dragged). I put this down to > the fact that I have the console mouse working. > > I also find it a pain to have a mouse hanging around in the console. > > Could anyone please tell me how to disable the console mouse and > still have the mouse work under X? > > Thanks for any help > Bill > PS nobody replied on backspace/delete... I set it up properly but it > seems a real shame that 1000s of people each have to do this > individually instead of the FreeBSD team shipping a fixed distribution. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > --== Sent via Deja.com ==-- > http://www.deja.com/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Andrew Hesford ajh3@chmod.ath.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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