From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jun 21 03:15:27 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AD32AC5612 for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 03:15:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emailrob@emailrob.com) Received: from imta-35.everyone.net (imta-35.everyone.net [216.200.145.35]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.everyone.net", Issuer "DigiCert High Assurance CA-3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B2971F3E for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 03:15:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emailrob@emailrob.com) Received: from pps.filterd (m0004961.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by imta-38.everyone.net (8.16.0.11/8.16.0.11) with SMTP id u5L1uonB025143 for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:57:08 -0700 X-Eon-Dm: m0094769.ppops.net Received: by m0094769.mta.everyone.net (EON-AUTHRELAY2 - 4272bdfd) id m0094769.5732a534.37df04c; Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:55:45 -0700 X-Eon-Sig: AQPOPGJXaJ6hZ8l3DQIAAAAC,937a562592be77015e17c76856d3bafd X-Originating-Ip: 66.114.189.253 Message-ID: <57689E95.2090502@emailrob.com> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 01:55:33 +0000 From: spellberg_robert Reply-To: emailrob@emailrob.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: slowing_down a super_fast mouse Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:, , definitions=2016-06-21_01:, , signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=1 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1604210000 definitions=main-1606210021 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 03:15:27 -0000 howdy , folks --- i hope that everyone is well . in anticipation of installing 10.3 , i have been buying new hardware [ probably , intel "skylake" and "z170" , of some kind ] . this new mechanical keyboard , "daskeyboard" , with the cherry "blue" switches , is really nice , much like that which came with my compaq 486dx , twenty years ago , [ which --still-- works and is in use !!! ] , even if the manufacturer --is-- too cheap to put legends on the keycaps [ before i did any editing , this post looked like traudl junge's first effort for her new boss , in that scene in "downfall" , at the beginning of the film ] . let me start with the 9.3/amd64/syscons/ps2 box ; i have not , as yet , installed any new equipment on the 10.2/i386/vt/ps2 box . if i can identify the solution for these two boxen , then all of the others should be "variations on a theme" . the ps2 keyboards and mice actually have usb interfaces , with usb/ps2 adapters , plugged into ps2 ports . from what i read on wikipedia , these should look like ps2 devices to the ps2 ports . the six_years_old moboes --do-- have usb ports of some kind , but this is my first usb equipment , therefore , i have no usb experience . my question is about cursor_on_screen distance versus mouse_on_pad distance . the old mice [ mitsumi "roller_ball" ] were kinda slow [ lotsa pad for little screen ; just fine , otherwise ] , but not so much as to be worth whining about . with this new mouse [ cherry model m-5400/01 optical ] , the cursor goes flying , if i just breathe on the mouse . you know how it goes : power_down , swap kb & m , power_up ; then , see what's different . so i start reading [ man_pages , handbook , et_cetera ] ; eventually , i find the man_page about "/boot/device.hints" . i find words like "flags" , "resolution" and "acceleration" . i find an example for "psm0" . this looks promising . i check my boot messages ; psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: model Intellimouse, device ID 3 these are the same messages as those for the old mitsumi mouse on the 10.2 box ; i get the impression that all ps2 mice are pretty much the same . i note that there are no "flags" ; so i try that . i "guess" that flags of "0x01" and "0x04" will disable "acceleration" and set "resolution" to either extreme , one way or the other . if this works , then i should observe a 8:1 ratio for cursor distance ; all that i have to do is to pick a "comfortable" setting . well , that was the plan . it failed . let me emphasize : the new hardware --works-- . it is just that the cursor goes flying across the screen , for a small mouse_on_pad motion . positioning --is-- challenging . the flags --are-- recognized ; they appear in the boot messages ; for example , psm0: flags 0x1 irq 12 on atkbdc0 but the behavior does not change on either the console or the xterm . maybe the mouse has hardware limitations . maybe i have mis_identified the correct software module to tweak . maybe there is some "buzzword" , of which i am unaware . which ignorance prevents further research by me . should i be trying to effect this change in "rc.conf" ? should i be trying to effect this change in "X" ? [ in re_reading the above , before i send this , the thought occurs to me that , even if the mouse has only one motion_size , scaling --could-- be effected in software , --somewhere-- . this entire post can be summarized into three words : "possible" , "where" and "how" . ] i ask , before i try "something" , because , even with all drives backed_up , onto drives on --different-- machines , none_the_less , i wish to avoid finding myself in the position of having to recover from some hardware problem by turning off the power supply . although this works , most of the time , i --have-- lost a hard_drive this way . i prefer to not_repeat the experience . does anyone have any thoughts ? maybe , someone knows the right leading question to ask me . tia rob ps --- does anyone know how to turn_off this narrow 65_column auto_wrap in the "thunderbird" editor ?