From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri May 19 17:43:09 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02CECD73FF6 for ; Fri, 19 May 2017 17:43:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eekee57@fastmail.fm) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA2E68F1 for ; Fri, 19 May 2017 17:43:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eekee57@fastmail.fm) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63CDF20926; Fri, 19 May 2017 13:43:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web1 ([10.202.2.211]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 19 May 2017 13:43:07 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.fm; h= cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=sDRYovZcm2bZRY0Daek66utkJxgGw Gl8uYqaI6fYtIE=; b=mXgvxcMgOrhkNowrKoUaTBHuKJmED+37Yngmzly6eNO12 aPWshHLzB85OfDrl0yg5xYGviFBz5ojheNA3d6P94N40qYlT3GcdgGeJT0Uycbif J/dYDVcQswnVP0jDlPEBtwuHbdcU8SBL2cq3WpNz5iOfzJzhFuT9Nk/JMLq9Z+Uo FYBi+/ayQqWyWqjncYc0+XRra5x2JwR71rRwH7e1deuLZRaDE/XzyxUNCi4HuvFm PAg1iaBtV3JJKRGiVySvohS5fQdvFTku/egC6l4PombPFShfX5uqU/Ye9N5xZP5y HUoxwtsVNdB/hjP2yfwFAWZTOqoS/F3ae18m2L7rA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=sDRYov Zcm2bZRY0Daek66utkJxgGwGl8uYqaI6fYtIE=; b=qQ+YB6Lh6pHfcOKxOVgMk7 WXB1ULeVDg1cWThr0EZP14T3gC6FOkmmKyx0ZO9yuDh4+0a+ioGREfbQFLnl0h4d qj+7JY3nmk0u32V/4WiH/xaRgU2Zi3L4WBXYdjZlC64RtrOiV0InftDBhwZn6tqb DyGmhk6wVigADzuF+I8FXu6KWbK8p3Xhpkrw29LxwBHXsrDLw6wu1AkSXgn1LY4f VyjHtFkILpwc8PSw0p1i8W4a4atBzkhr+kqsp+cdJCCbYBcQxUWXbDf4OLFLxJEn JxM6NaD7QSkgzzkdAJBdz3SbIdZsD8piZVryrfdenFQfY4oRltReir9SMdgYqCsg == X-ME-Sender: Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 99) id 454FB94377; Fri, 19 May 2017 13:43:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1495215787.1476791.982307560.646FF759@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Ethan Grammatikidis To: Polytropon Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-a5162694 Subject: Re: remapping pointer buttons References: <1495208248.1449918.982161320.0B87F123@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20170519180758.f3d8d15c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20170519180758.f3d8d15c.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 18:43:07 +0100 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 17:43:09 -0000 On Fri, May 19, 2017, at 05:07 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > You should be able to use xorg.conf partial additions (no need > for a complete xorg.conf file). Check "man xorg.conf" for details. thanks > > xmodmap reports an x error. > > This program is inteded for keyboard mapping, not for the mouse, > and it only works in X. actually, it was the only way to set button mapping when i started using x on secondhand 486s over 20+ years ago! of course, i didn't need it then. i suppose someone thought "mouse button mapping... we have a program for mapping inputty things, i'll add it to that!" i'm slightly grateful it wasn't part of xset. given xset's impenetrable manual page and inconsistent syntax, i'm sure it would have been impossible! > > lshal reports a dbus error: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus > > /system_bus_socket: No such file or directory > > HAL has been deprecated on Linux long time ago and isn't really > useful on FreeBSD. oh good! looks like i'll get through my whole life without having to learn about hal. now if only i'd had the sense to skip some other things, like fvwm which has 6 billion commands to do almost but not quite what i want, or red hat 5.2's init scripts which nearly put me off shell script for life! > > documentation for moused and lower-level mouse seemed disinclined > > to mention button mapping. i would like the same button mapping to > > apply in the framebuffer as well as x. > > See "man moused", especially the -m option. At least for the OS, > this is basic functionality which can be configured easily. On X > it is more complicated of course. ;-) thanks! that looks really easy now you've pointed it out... or it will be when i find out where moused is started, which i'm sure i can manage on my own. i like moused's m=n syntax, much less cumbersome than xmodmap or xinput with their lists of numbers. -- Linux? I used ext4 for a few years. In proportion to the time spent using it, I lost as much data to it as I lost to the very worst released version of reiserfs.