From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 21 03:18:05 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 552A816A481 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:18:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bobmc@bobmc.net) Received: from smtp-out.fcibroadband.com (smtp-out.fcibroadband.com [64.119.104.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DCE513C465 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:18:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bobmc@bobmc.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-in1.fcibroadband.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D7B11B1767 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:18:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp-out1 ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-out1 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with SMTP id 12351-04 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:17:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (host6614614647.dsl.res.tor.fcibroadband.com [66.146.146.71]) by smtp-out.fcibroadband.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABF371B1722 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:17:59 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <45B2DB67.4070208@bobmc.net> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:17:59 -0500 From: bobmc User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060615) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20070120100322.747bc208@tania.servebbs.org> In-Reply-To: <20070120100322.747bc208@tania.servebbs.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Hairy Cats and mice and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:18:05 -0000 Bob wrote: > > Hi: > > I Live with a very hairy, large, Main Coon cat called Tania; she sheds > tons of fine hair all over the place. She is a Mouser, and proudly rids > our home (a boat) of all sorts of mice. Unfortunately she also kills > Computer mice! Therein lies my problem. > > I have been replacing mechanical mice at the rate of one per month, by > just going to the local radio shack and buying one of their cheapest > PS2 mice, and replacing the hair-locked-up one. > > Recently. RS has cheapened their mouse design, so the inner rollers are > now about 1/2 the diameter of the old ones. This "modification" has > limited a mouse's life here to about one week! > > What I want to do is replace this mechanical mouse with an optical > mouse. RadioShack sells one, with the proper Windowz driver. I am > running FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 #2 however! > > If I go to Radio Shack, and buy their optical mouse, will I be able to > configure it to work with my KDE/FreeBSD system? This device is not > cheap! > > Anyone with experience using their optical mouse under FreeBSD? All > input will be very much appreciated. > > Mouse-less on the Atlantic > Bob > > I have a Microsoft Optical Intellimouse for PS/2 or USB. It works fine except for the scroll-wheel. But I have not got around to configuring X to make it work. I doubt if FreeBSD cares which mouse you have. The mouse has a tiny hole in the bottom which gathers hair. It can be removed with a puff of breath. I also use a mechanical keyboard which can be cleaned. Don't bother trying to clean hairballs from these rubber-mat keyboards. Oh, the mouse is listed at $31.99 on tigerdirect.ca -BobMc-