Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 13:28:12 -0500 From: Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm> To: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB mouse support Message-ID: <41AA18BC.5010400@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <200411281757.09367.marko@freebsd.org> References: <41A8E362.1070309@fastmail.fm> <41A8F587.2090706@freebsd.org> <41A8FF16.7090100@fastmail.fm> <200411281757.09367.marko@freebsd.org>
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Mark Ovens wrote: >On Sat November 27 2004 22:26, Trey Sizemore wrote: > > >>Mark Ovens wrote: >> >> >>>Trey Sizemore wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I've just installed FreeBSD 5.3 on my desktop machine (P4 2.8GHz with >>>>512MB RAM) and cannot get my mouse pointer to move in KDE. It is a >>>>Microsoft Wireless Optical 2.0 mouse (USB) and I have the following >>>>section in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file: >>>> >>>>Driver "mouse" >>>>Option "Protocol" "Auto" >>>>Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" >>>>Option "Buttons" "7" >>>>Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" >>>> >>>>I have installed FreeBSD from the disc 1 ISO file and installed >>>>everything by default. I have not done a kernel recomple at this point. >>>> >>>>Is this an issue with my xorg.conf file or a USB issue that requires >>>>a kernel recompile? I did not see anything helpful in the Using X11 >>>>in the manual. >>>> >>>> >>>They don't work :-( I have to run mine on PS/2 via an adaptor. There >>>is a patch in http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/70607 to >>>fix this. I tried the first version of the patch; the mouse worked but >>>there were other problems. There have been several modifications done >>>to the patch since then that I haven't tried. >>> >>> >>I've just tried mine by using the PS/2 adaptor and it's not working here >>either. The light on the 'base station' doesn't stay on. Is your >>xorg.conf different than mine? >> >> >> > >Slightly: > > Identifier "Mouse1" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "sysmouse" > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > > Option "Buttons" "5" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > >I don't use the tiltwheel - it annoys me - hence Buttons set to 5 > > Hmmm...not sure why mine's not working then. Is your mouse the wireless version? Mine says Microsoft Wireless Mouse 2.0 (it's kind of a light purple color ). Thanks.
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