From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 18 05:31:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA03340 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 02:29:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA03282 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 02:29:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA06487; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 23:22:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 23:22:41 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Dash cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mouse (connected to serial port) is unusable (can't control) under X In-Reply-To: <0EMY00FGQ5X6NP@PM01SM.PMM.MCI.NET> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Dash wrote: > I recently installed FreeBSD in my PC. When I start X (I am running > XF86), the window manager comes up, couple of windows show up (I could > even change resolution with <+|->), but the pointer won't move > smoothly (there is hardly any movement at all). I abort X using > , and see the following messages on console. What message? Verify that: 1. The mouse port is found, i.e. sio0 is found during the boot probe. (run `dmesg | more' and look for sio0) 2. Check /etc/XF86Config that the mouse type and device in the "Pointer" section is accurate. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major