Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 19:35:35 +0200 (CEST) From: "Peter Ulrich (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: NOC <noc@kulish.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Iwill kk266 mobo difficulties? (Latest BIOS) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106161925360.719-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <001f01c0f687$96e82cf0$0101010a@mirkwood>
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On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, NOC wrote: > I am currently having some difficulty installing Freebsd on the system > mentioned in the subject line. I install 4.3 release from CD, cvsup to > stable. > > I install Xfree 4.1.0 from the ports section. This is where I run into > trouble. I am able to configure X fine, but when I start X, as soon as I > move the mouse, it shoots up to the top right corner and just stays there. > Sometimes a menu will open, along with other assorted oddities. I have > tried every combination of /dev/mouse, /dev/sysmouse, /dev/psm0 and the > mouse protocols list on freebsd.org (the list was for version 4.0.2 of X). > This has happened with different mice on the same machine. All with the > same result, I am beginning to think it is something with the motherboard, > though linux, windows, and QNX all seem to work fine. > > Any thoughts? Yes, before you throw away your mainboard: FreeBSD provides a mouse-demon for the text-terminal. This might disturb the XF86-configuration. I believe you have to activate it (via /stand/sysinstall) and configure X with Protocol "MouseSystems" device "/dev/sysmouse" Also have a look at www.xfree.org about this problem. Uli. *-------------------------------------------------* | www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de | | | | Wuppertal - Germany | *-------------------------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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