From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Feb 7 21:56:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA25948 for bugs-outgoing; Fri, 7 Feb 1997 21:56:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from labs.usn.blaze.net.au (labs.usn.blaze.net.au [203.17.53.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA25938; Fri, 7 Feb 1997 21:56:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from davidn@localhost) by labs.usn.blaze.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA03871; Sat, 8 Feb 1997 16:55:56 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19970208165555.12961@usn.blaze.net.au> Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 16:55:55 +1100 From: David Nugent To: Justen Stepka Cc: Zach Heilig , Leonard Chua , freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moused and X11R6 References: <876804rsia.fsf@murkwood.gaffaneys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61 In-Reply-To: ; from Justen Stepka on Feb 02, 1997 at 10:31:41PM Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Feb 02, 1997 at 10:31:41PM, Justen Stepka wrote: > > I'm not entirely sure what's wrong, but maybe someone else has > > noticed. The system is running moused, XF86_SVGA, and fvwm (and a > > whole boatload of xterms and other applications). > > I to have noticed a problem similar, I have no problem loading X though. > The problem is when I go to move the mouse it appears as though it's > "drunk" and drags along slowly and in weird patterns. I figured that code > had been changed so I just turned moused off. It would appear that you've configured both X and moused to access the mouse directly, in which case they're fighting for control, and certainly you'll see the results that you've observed. Had X been configured to use /dev/mouse, then the mouse in X would not have worked at all unless you changed your X configuration as well. It works like this: moused handles the *real* mouse device, and "converts" these into mousesystems events, then emulates a "real" mouse to everything that uses it. In the meatime, It can affect the console device as well if you have mouse actions on via vidcontrol. e.g (for a serial mouse): /dev/cuaa0 -> moused | /dev/mouse | +-- vidcontrol | +-- xfree Regards, David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/