Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 08:35:22 +0200 (MEST) From: Lutz Kittler <Lutz.Kittler@sse-erfurt.de> To: "J. Seth Henry" <jshamlet@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FBSD4.5 & Xfree86 4.1 Message-ID: <15537.14890.7569.269847@master.sse-erfurt.de> In-Reply-To: <000001c1dea4$e40f8630$0201a8c0@guinevere> References: <000001c1dea4$e40f8630$0201a8c0@guinevere>
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J. Seth Henry writes:
> Hello all,
>
> I recently installed FreeBSD 4.5-REL on a Compaq IA-1 internet appliance
> with Xfree86 4.1 from the ports list. I went this route because I had a
> ready XF86Config file for Xfree86 4.x, and the LCD was having issues
> during configuration.
>
>
>
> Graphically, X 4.x works great. Unfortunately, the mouse doesn't seem to
> work right. It is a PS/2 mouse, and it works fine in gpm mode, but the
> mouse buttons don't register quite often in X. For example, it might
> take several clicks before the WM does anything. I have verified that
> this is specific to FreeBSD and Xfree86 4.x (the mouse worked properly
> under Xfree86 3.x - but the display didn't). I checked to make sure it
> wasn't a WM problem (by loading a program directly through xinit) I've
> also verified that the mouse clicks actually don't register - I have
> waited up to 10 minutes with no response.
>
>
>
> Does anyone know what might be causing this, and how to fix it?
>
Hi ,
I had the same problems. I disabled the mouse daemon and
configured mouse directly in XF86Config ( not as sysmouse ,
but as /dev/psm0 - see faq example 11-4 ). Now mouse works okay.
Lutz
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