From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 19 21:46:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7194E1065670 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:46:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from email2.allantgroup.com (firebox.emsphone.com [199.67.51.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3099D8FC28 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:46:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [172.17.17.101]) by email2.allantgroup.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q3JLk1XE004390 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:46:01 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (smmsp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q3JLk1lp045978 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:46:01 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q3JLk1Rd045977; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:46:01 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:46:01 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Message-ID: <20120419214601.GA5710@dan.emsphone.com> References: <2310.1334870748@tristatelogic.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2310.1334870748@tristatelogic.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 8.3-PRERELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.2 at email2.allantgroup.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (email2.allantgroup.com [172.17.19.78]); Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:46:01 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on email2.allantgroup.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 172.17.19.78 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing psm (mouse) resolution? 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: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:46:10 -0000 In the last episode (Apr 19), Ronald F. Guilmette said: > The man page for the psm driver says: > > ... The current resolution can be changed at runtime. > > Unfortunately, it fails to mention any sort of command line utility that > would provide this functionality. > > Is there a command line utility that provides this functionality? Or do I > need to write one from scratch, using the ioctl calls that are documented > in the man page? moused lets you set it: -r resolution Set the resolution of the device; in Dots Per Inch, or low, medium-low, medium-high or high. This option may not be supported by all the device. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com