Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:46:55 -0400 From: Bob Bomar <bulldog@fxp.org> To: John Mills <john.m.mills@alum.mit.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mouse Scroll Message-ID: <20020418194655.GB88840@peitho.fxp.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204181527160.14517-100000@otter.mills-atl.com> References: <3CBF1089.4050401@rs.net.ua> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204181527160.14517-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 03:35:25PM -0400, John Mills wrote: > Hi Kostya - > > On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Kostya Odnoralov wrote: > > > How can I use my mouse scrolling??? > > >From one newbie to another &8-), how did you install your FreeBSD? I just > went through CDROM installations of 4.0 and 4.5, and each of these had a > step to test the mouse. Did you do this, and did it work for you? > > My computer is an old one with the mouse on what would be 'COM1:', and I > had to choose this. Then I chose the mouse type. Finally I started the > mouse daemon and verified that the mouse could move. The installation > program did not detect the mouse buttons, so I still used keystrokes to > comfirm my results and continue the installation. > > Then I had a chance to refine my mouse setup as part of setting up > XFree86. Did you set up XFree86? At that point, the mouse buttons > should actually be detected. > > (Actually the mouse should work on the text screens, too.) > In the installation process, the mouse buttons wont actually do any thing. Did you specify /dev/cuaa0 (com1) as the mouse device for moused and /dev/sysmouse for X? -- |------------------------------------| | Bob Bomar | | bulldog@fxp.org | | http://fly.homeunix.org/~bob | |====================================| | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve | | http://www.FreeBSD.org | |------------------------------------| [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8vyKu9Jm/aTrtdKoRAhQQAKCX6JtDzdwtuFgzuMdejx1fBgWtPwCfee/6 0ZGOACZlWDFyaOv69j3+q8o= =Djit -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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