Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 10:55:37 +1000 From: Geoffrey Giesemann <geoffwa@cs.rmit.edu.au> To: Dag-Erling =?unknown-8bit?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using imwheel with Freebsd 6.1 and xorg 6.9.0_2 Message-ID: <20060601005537.GA6884@cs.rmit.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <867j42ihe4.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <4474B9A8.2040701@vineyard.net> <8664jnzxv2.fsf@xps.des.no> <20060531021139.GB5497@cs.rmit.edu.au> <867j42ihe4.fsf@xps.des.no>
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On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 01:05:23PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smrgrav wrote: > Geoffrey Giesemann <geoffwa@cs.rmit.edu.au> writes: > > On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 11:05:21AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smrgrav wrote: > > > The only problem you may run into is the IntelliMouse Explorer issue, > > > where fast scrolling in a browser window may be misinterpreted as > > > forward / backward history commands. > > I get this issue with my Dell-branded USB mouse. > > > > Is there a workaround? (or altenately, what needs be to done to fix > > this?) > > Try using a USB to PS/2 adapter; moused(8) knows how to handle > Explorer mice attached to the PS/2 port. > Unfortunately the Dell workstation it's attached to doesn't have any PS/2 ports. > The correct way to fix this is to ditch ums(4) and teach moused(8) how > to operate directly on a uhid(4) device, so we don't have to duplicate > logic (and bugs, and bug fixes) in moused(8), psm(4) and ums(4). > Jordan Sissel <psionic@csh.rit.edu> is working on this: > > http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/newpsm I tried pointing xorg at /dev/ums0 but the same problem crops up. (although the mouse seems rather more sensitive now) uhid(4) looks fairly nice, so I'll try down that avenue when I get the time. --Geoff
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