Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 11:40:06 -0400 From: User & Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> To: "J. Seth Henry" <jshamlet@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moused and Xfree86 4.0.3 tangles Message-ID: <20010721114006.B5115@localhost> In-Reply-To: <CGEFLHDPEIMALBLDJNHBGEGGCAAA.jshamlet@home.com>; from jshamlet@home.com on Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 09:33:19AM -0400 References: <CGEFLHDPEIMALBLDJNHBGEGGCAAA.jshamlet@home.com>
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As it was put forth by J. Seth Henry on Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 09:33:19AM -0400... > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "MouseSystems" Change the above to auto and ... > Option "Buttons" "5" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4,5" > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" change the above to /dev/sysmouse. > EndSection > > I have tried every protocol (in XF86Config) that seemed to match, including > "MouseSystems" "Auto" "Microsoft" "Intellimouse". I also tried attaching it > directly to /dev/psm0 - but as long as moused is running, the mouse doesn't > work correctly in X. > > Oddly enough, the mouse works fine for moused, but when I kill moused - the > mouse refuses to work in X at all - not even the screwy movement across the > top of the screen. I figure that may be due to locking though. > > I have looked in the mailing list, and found that this is not the first time > someone has run across this problem. I was hoping someone had found a > solution since March. > > Thanks, > Seth Henry > jshamlet@home.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message I'm currently running XFree86 4.0.3_3 from the ports with the above two options and I am able to use moused and X without any problems. Let me know how it turns out. Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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