From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 6 17:18:27 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACBC016A4BF for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2003 17:18:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E20743FFD for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2003 17:18:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) Received: from beta.home (ppp104-131.lns1.adl1.internode.on.net [150.101.104.131])h870IMBb073482; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 09:48:22 +0930 (CST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Malcolm Kay Organization: At home To: daniel meg , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 09:48:21 +0930 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <20030906191221.78327.qmail@web10906.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20030906191221.78327.qmail@web10906.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200309070948.21721.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Subject: Re: startx fails X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 00:18:27 -0000 On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 04:42, daniel meg wrote: > I am running FreeBSD 4.8 RELEASE. > > Video Card: nVidia RIVA128 > > I run the xf86config trillion of times..read through the manual over an= d > over..but just can't get it to works...the attached file is the XFree86= =2Elog > file and mine XF86Config file..hope BSD hackers will help.. > > Unlikely to be your base problem but: (Ryan Merrisk's response is probably more relevant for that) the in following '/dev/sysmouse' suggests you are running 'moused'. But I= =20 don't believe 'moused' reports in Microsoft protocol.=20 Identifier=09"Mouse1" Driver=09"mouse" Option "Protocol" "Microsoft" Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" I suggest instead Option "Protocol" "auto" or perhaps Option "Protocol" "MouseSystems" Malcolm