From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 15 0:48:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tao.thought.org (sense-kline-249.oz.net [216.39.168.249]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC98937B40E for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 00:48:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.11.3/8.11.0) id f8F7mLw53272; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 00:48:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) From: Gary Kline Message-Id: <200109150748.f8F7mLw53272@tao.thought.org> Subject: Re: Intel 815 AGPset and PS2 mouse... To: deuce@lordlegacy.org (Stephen Hurd) Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 00:48:21 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Mailing List) In-Reply-To: from "Stephen Hurd" at Sep 14, 2001 11:27:16 PM Organization: <> thought.org: pvblic service Unix since 1986... <> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL5] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 According to Stephen Hurd: > > > 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) > Actually, as another gentleman pointed out, ``auto'' is the protocol string to use... r it works. I'm trying to get a 3-button mouse to work in this builtin PS/2 jack. If Logitec works I'll take this generic mouse back and swap it... gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message