Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 21:45:43 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB mouse support Message-ID: <41A8F587.2090706@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <41A8E362.1070309@fastmail.fm> References: <41A8E362.1070309@fastmail.fm>
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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. HTH Regards, Mark --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0448-1, 26/11/2004 Tested on: 27/11/2004 21:45:44 avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com
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