Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 02:29:05 -0700 From: chris <neo@uclink.berkeley.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new user woes Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020712022426.00abe000@uclink.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020712092423.GB295@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020712020158.00b1ed80@uclink.berkeley.edu> <5.1.0.14.2.20020712013620.00af8478@uclink.berkeley.edu> <5.1.0.14.2.20020712013620.00af8478@uclink.berkeley.edu> <5.1.0.14.2.20020712020158.00b1ed80@uclink.berkeley.edu>
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At 11:24 AM 7/12/2002 +0200, you wrote: > > Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 02:11:27 -0700 > > To: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> > > From: chris <neo@uclink.berkeley.edu> > > Subject: Re: new user woes > > please, keep the list among recipients. > > > >> One, I have an extended fat32 partition on the same drive (ide) that > > >> FreeBSD 4.6 is installed on. I have tried mounting it with 'mount -t > > >msdos > > >> /dev/ad0s5 /mnt', but only to get a 'Device not configured' error. > > > > > > This is just a guess: does the device exist in /dev? > > > > It didn't at first, but a helping hand suggested that I use MAKEDEV, which > > succeeded in creating ad0s5 in /dev. > > ok, so this is fixed. no, the device exists now, but I get the 'Device not configured error.' > > > >> Second, I'm having difficulty getting my mouse to work properly in > X. It > > >> works in the console, but when I load either kde or gnome, the moment i > > >> move the mouse the slightest bit, it jumps to the topleft corner of the > > >> screen, sometimes opening a menu on the desktop. It does not respond to > > >> mouse clicks, and moving the mouse does not do much. It is a USB MS > > >> Intellimouse optical. I have also tried using a generic ps/2 mouse, > but > > >I > > >> get the same error. > > > > > > You most probably need to a) turn off moused b) set the protocol to > > > "auto" in both moused and x. Look in the archives. > > > > I have done that, and to no avail. I should add, that my mouse works > > perfectly fine in xf86cfg. > > i'm afraid i won't be of any help then. i use xf86config, not > xf86cfg, and my mice have always worked with this setup. i don't use > gnome or kde though, just a window manager. i've tried both configs. >-- >FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE >11:22AM up 48 mins, 4 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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