Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:14:11 -0600 From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: "Justin R. Smith" <jsmith@drexel.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A4Tech mouse problem solved (but strangely!) Message-ID: <790a9fff0511281214h64d4dc95k2ecfca0a30da5b8d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4388E376.5010605@drexel.edu> References: <4388E376.5010605@drexel.edu>
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On 11/26/05, Justin R. Smith <jsmith@drexel.edu> wrote:
> I had a problem with the mouse wheel being detected on my wireless
> A4Tech mouse. It is supposed to emulate a generic Intellimouse.
>
> The solution is to run moused with NO type parameter. A parameter of
> "auto" or "ps/2" or "microsoft" won't work. You must have a command line =
of:
>
> /usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/psm0
>
> (with NO -t parameter)
> Unfortunately, one cannot use the automatic scripts in rc.conf to do
> this because they always use a parameter and fill in "microsoft" if one
> leaves the mouse type blank.
>
Make the following changes to /etc/rc.d/moused
Add this if statement before "echo -n "Starting ${ms} moused:"
:
fi
if "${mytype}" =3D=3D "NONE" ; then
mytype=3D""
fi
echo -n "Starting ${ms} moused:"
:
Then change:
/usr/sbin/moused ${myflags} -p ${myport} -t ${mytype} ${_pidarg}
to
/usr/sbin/moused ${myflags} -p ${myport} ${mytype:+-t} ${mytype} ${_pidarg}
Now add to /etc/rc.conf:
moused_psm0_type=3D"NONE"
or
moused_type=3D"NONE"
${mytype:+-t} will modify the commands flags only, when ${mytype} is
unset or null, null is substituted; otherwise -t substituted.
I haven't checked if this works, but if you could make the changes,
verify that it works for you and submit a PR with the patch.
Scot
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