From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 14 14:35:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (pns.wobline.de [212.68.68.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46BF637B416 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:35:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from colt.ncptiddische.net (ppp-287.wobline.de [212.68.71.8]) by mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/tw-20010821) with ESMTP id fAEMZR505368; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:35:27 +0100 Received: from howie.ncptiddische.net (howie.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.3]) by colt.ncptiddische.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAEMa0V25026; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:36:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils@tisys.org) Received: from howie.ncptiddische.net (howie.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.3]) by howie.ncptiddische.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAEMZuc00506; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:35:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils@tisys.org) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:35:56 +0100 (CET) From: Nils Holland To: Steve Austin Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mouse works in XF86Setup, but not after startx... In-Reply-To: <20011114221620.52462.qmail@web20403.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20011114233417.F493-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Steve Austin wrote: > I'm using FreeBSD 4.4 release. I've installed the > default XFree86 from the disks (3.3.6). > > I run XF86Setup, and the mouse works fine, button > clicks, movement, mouse pointer moves all about, etc. > > After exiting the first part of XF86Setup, the second > part which brings up the server (allowing me to choose > to run xvidtune, or save the config to disk) has no > mouse pointer on the screen... > > After getting back to the text screen, and running > startx, same thing - no mouse pointer on the screen. > > Any hints? > > My /etc/XF86Config file looks like: > Section Pointer > Protocol "SysMouse" > Device "/dev/mouse" > ... > > /dev/mouse is a static link to /dev/mouse... Makes sense! Linking something to itself! ;-) Seriously: Either specify your real mouse port (e.g. /dev/psm0) in your XF86Config, or link /dev/mouse to /dev/psm0 (or equivalent on your system). Greetings Nils Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message