Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 07:56:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: [freebsd-questions:] Mouse troubles Message-ID: <XFMail.990407075639.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> In-Reply-To: <rd63e2dbg9k.fsf@world.std.com>
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On 06-Apr-99 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> writes: > >> I've gotten a new Kensington Expert Mouse (Trackball version of >> Thinking Mouse) for my FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE system (using the XFree86 >> package). (I used to have a Microsoft compatible mouse.) >> >> Using moused, it works fine as a ThinkingMouse protocol on >> /dev/cuaa1. >> >> Using XF86Setup (and moused off), it works fine in the setup part as >> "Auto" protocol on /dev/cuaa1. But if I click "Done", and the test >> screen comes up, the mouse doesn't move. Again, it works in the >> Setup screen. I've tried to duplicate the setup program in the >> /etc/XF86Config, but that doesn't work. (And I didn't touch the >> mouse before I "applied") >> >> If I have moused running, and I use protocol "SysMouse" and >> /dev/sysmouse, the same thing happens. >> >> The Microsoft mouse works fine in any of these on /dev/cuaa1. > > Could you explain why you don't just set the pointer protocol > directly to ThinkingMouse? If necessary, you could even write it > directly into the XF86Config file by hand. I've tried that. It does exactly the same thing as Auto. Patrick --- Patrick S. Gardella Director of Web Development The Creative Group 1-800-804-0783 ext 29 606-858-8029 (fax) http://www.cre8tivegroup.com PGP Key ID 0xEE2D47A9 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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