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From: Steven Goodwin <steve@cit.gu.edu.au>
To: Beauford <beauford.2002@rogers.com>
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Subject: RE: XF86Config - HELP!!!
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Could you send a copy of your rc.conf and XF86Config files please.

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Beauford wrote:

> I took off the Logitec mouse and put on a USB mouse, and I at least got
> the mouse to move, but it is eratic and all over the screen. Looks nice,
> but useless. 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steven Goodwin [mailto:steve@cit.gu.edu.au] 
> > Sent: April 7, 2002 4:49 AM
> > To: Beauford
> > Cc: FreeBSD
> > Subject: Re: XF86Config - HELP!!!
> > 
> > 
> > I don't think xf86config (it think that is the utility) has 
> > ever set up my mouse properly under freebsd.  A couple of 
> > modifications have always seemed to get it working for me.  
> > Firstly, I have the option 
> > 
> > moused_enable="YES"
> > 
> > in my /etc/rc.conf file which starts the moused daemon upon 
> > boot.  This is not necessary if your mouse is USB and you 
> > have the usb daemon start moused for you.  To do this (if you 
> > have a usb mouse), add
> > 
> > usbd_enable="YES" 
> > 
> > in the same rc.conf file instead.  Now, in the 
> > /etc/X11/XF86Config modify the appropriate lines in the 
> > InputDevice section to the following
> > 
> >     Option "Protocol"    "auto"
> >     Option "Device"      "/dev/sysmouse"
> > 
> > And see how you go.
> > 
> > Good Luck,
> > Steve
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Beauford wrote:
> > 
> > > This can't be this hard.  I have run XF86Config at least 
> > 200 times and 
> > > have tried combination after combination, and I can't even get the 
> > > damn mouse to work (Logitec 3 button serial).
> > > 
> > > I have a Celeron 366 with a SB16, SiS 6236 video card, and 
> > an older 14 
> > > inch MicroScan SVGA monitor and have put in the proper information 
> > > when asked, so I don't have a clue. The biggest problem 
> > though is the 
> > > mouse. Whenever I run startx it crashes with the lovely "no 
> > such file 
> > > or directory" error about the mouse - which I don't 
> > understand, cause 
> > > it is there.
> > > 
> > > Can anyone shed light on what I might be doing wrong, 'cause I just 
> > > don't see it.
> > > 
> > > I have also tried setting the mouse up in sysinstall and it 
> > won't work 
> > > there either.
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> 
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