From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 5 14:22:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95EF416A4E1 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:22:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.alexssa.net (whitney.alexssa.net [216.114.4.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB2F343FE1 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:22:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhorvath@frabill.com) Received: from ITADMIN ([66.84.150.146]) by mail.alexssa.net (Merak 6.0.7) with SMTP id EZA74047 for ; Fri, 05 Sep 2003 14:19:24 -0500 From: "Jim" To: Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:19:23 -0500 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 V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: <200309052048.58639.dgw@liwest.at> Importance: Normal Subject: RE: Strange Mouse issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jhorvath@frabill.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 21:22:50 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Daniela > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 3:49 PM > To: Dragoncrest; questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Strange Mouse issue > > > On Friday 05 September 2003 18:18, Dragoncrest wrote: > > Recently I had my BSD install go totally down in flames with a smashing > > finale where it exploded into a billion pieces and wafted off into > > oblivion. (blame the hardware, not me.) Anywho, I've since resurrected > > the box but with one strange little quirk. The mouse freaks out like a > > cat on crack. Any movement causes it to jump to the upper left corner, > > go absolutely apesh** and do some totally weird things like false right > > and left clicks even if all I'm doing is moving the mouse. Reboot > > didn't resolve the issue (had to reboot anyways as part of a kernel > > rebuild) so I am assuming it's not a hardware issue. The mouse works > > fine in the console, but it absolutely will not work under X. Any > > ideas? I've even rebuilt my X config several times. > > I had this too. You needn't kill moused. > There's most likely something wrong with your X11 config file. > Try setting the > device to /dev/sysmouse and the protocol to auto. > If this doesn't work, please post the mouse section of the X11 > config file and > what mouse you have. > > Daniela Try using the script configuration (I forget which option (#3 I think)) for X instead of the gui or ncurses based tools. This fixed the issue on the 5.1 install I was playing with a few days ago (be sure to specify "/dev/sysmouse" and "auto" as Daniela suggested when doing this as well). Also, make sure the mouse isn't running through a KVM to minimize other odd behavior. Jim _______________________________________________________________________ This message was scanned and certified Virus Free by Alexssa | HNet. www.alexssa.net www.hnet.net