From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 21 09:07:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94BDB106566C for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:07:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43D738FC25 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:07:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDSK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m2L97cvw066726; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:07:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Alexander Dunn" , Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:08:40 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:07:39 -0700 (PDT) Cc: Subject: RE: Jittery PS/2 Mouse in 7.0-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:07:40 -0000 I believe if you run the mouse daemon and use /dev/sysmouse in xorg it will work a lot better. Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Alexander Dunn > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 5:12 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Jittery PS/2 Mouse in 7.0-RELEASE > > > I have a PS/2, wired, optical mouse that I have been using flawlessly with > Windows and several Linux distributions for years now. I would like to > switch > to Free BSD, but the mouse becomes very jittery within FreeBSD. I have > tried > the mouse with both moused and X controlling the mouse, but in both cases > the > result is the same. The cursor on the screen tracks properly when > I move my > mouse in a wide arc, but when I move the mouse in small increments the > cursor > does not follow the mouse at all. This makes it very difficult > to click on > small targets such as an OK button. > > Relevant Information: > > uname -a output: > FreeBSD kienjakenobi 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #3: Sun Mar > 16 15:45:08 > EDT > 2008 root@kienjakenobi:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 > > dmesg mouse output: > psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 > psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > psm0: [ITHREAD] > psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3 > > xorg.conf: > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/psm0" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > This does not seem to be a problem with X for several reasons. > First, I use > this version of X.org with Linux with the same config that is shown above > without this problem. > Second, when I give control of the mouse over to moused, the problem does > not > change. It is visible even in the console when using moused. > > I am using a custom kernel, but this problem does not change even > when I am > using the GENERIC kernel. > > Based on this information I think I have crossed out most potentional > porblem locations, > but I hope I missed something. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >