From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 14 22:19: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server1.lordlegacy.org (lordlegacy.org [209.61.182.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1F9937B403 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 22:19:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sharon ([216.13.207.127]) by server1.lordlegacy.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA06645; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 19:30:19 -0500 From: "Stephen Hurd" To: "Gary Kline" , "FreeBSD Mailing List" Subject: RE: Intel 815 AGPset and PS2 mouse... Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 23:27:16 -0600 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 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-reply-to: <200109150355.f8F3tYG52649@tao.thought.org> X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Earlier today I finally got a decent screen 1024x768 and a test twm. > But I simply cannot get the PS2 mouse to work. The mouse cursor > is displayed mid-page on the stippled grey bg; then shows up mid > xterm when twm comes up. But the instant I touch the mouse, the > "X" is it the far upper-right hand corner and sticks there. > > I'll write more tomorrow; for now, does anybody know what I'm > doing wrong? I've tried everything I can, PS2-wise. > > thanks much, > > gary sounds like the wrong protocol is being used... did you perhaps select the "Microsoft Mouse" protocol? The one that says "If you have a two-button mouse, this is probobly the right one"? If so, yep, you've got the wrong one. :-) Keep reading the list and you'll come across PS/2 (number 4 in xf86config I think) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message