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From: Bush Doctor <dervish@goku.cl.msu.edu>
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Subject: Re: -Current + X 4.0.1 = mouse problems
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Out of da blue Doug Barton aka (DougB@gorean.org) said:
> David Siebörger wrote:
> 
> > I've experienced the (apparently common) problem of switching from X
> > to console and back to X and getting an unresponsive mouse pointer in
> > X.  This occurs when I use protocol "Auto", or don't specify a
> > protocol.
> 
> 	Someone was kind enough to send me the attached patch. With 
> 
>     Option "Protocol"    "Auto"
>     Option "Device"      "/dev/sysmouse"
> 
> it works with moused. I tried protocol sysmouse, but it didn't work.
> Neither did Christian's advice about the mousesystems protocol. I also
> have a wheeled mouse, logitech specifically. 
I too am experiencing problem.  I have a logitech serial wheel mouse.  However
X will only fire up if I tell it to ignore the "cannot open input device"
for my Mouse1 identifier :(.  I'll try this patch and see what happens.


> 
> 	It would be nice to include this patch in our X4 port. 
> 
> Doug
> -- 
>         "The dead cannot be seduced."
> 		- Kai, "Lexx"
> 
> 	Do YOU Yahoo!?
> --- programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/input/mouse/mouse.c.orig	Sun Jul 23 17:50:10 2000
> +++ programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/input/mouse/mouse.c	Sun Jul 23 17:54:22 2000
> @@ -692,10 +692,15 @@
>  	    pMse->protocolID = protocolID;
>  	}
>      }
> +#ifndef __FreeBSD__
>      memcpy(pMse->protoPara, proto[pMse->protocolID], sizeof(pMse->protoPara));
> +#endif
>      if (automatic) {
>  	
>  	if (name) {
> +#ifdef __FreeBSD__
> +       memcpy(pMse->protoPara, proto[pMse->protocolID], sizeof(pMse->protoPara));
> +#endif
>  	    /* Possible protoPara overrides from SetupAuto. */
>  	    for (i = 0; i < sizeof(pMse->protoPara); i++)
>  		if (protoPara[i] != -1)
> --- programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/bsd/bsd_mouse.c.orig	Sat Feb 12 22:45:41 2000
> +++ programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/bsd/bsd_mouse.c	Sun Jul 23 17:50:10 2000
> @@ -165,7 +165,11 @@
>      mode.rate = rate > 0 ? rate : -1;
>      mode.resolution = res > 0 ? res : -1;
>      mode.accelfactor = -1;
> +#ifdef __FreeBSD__
> +    mode.level = 1;
> +#else
>      mode.level = -1;
> +#endif
>      ioctl(pInfo->fd, MOUSE_SETMODE, &mode);
>  }
>  #endif
> 


#:^)
-- 
f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n cmptr prgrmmng.

bush doctor
<dervish@goku.cl.msu.edu>


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