Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:43:43 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mouse problems.... Message-ID: <4CB411AF.5050109@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <20101011193153.758efde5.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20101011032642.GA3354@thought.org> <20101011164152.GA4652@thought.org> <20101011193153.758efde5.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 10/11/10 18:31, Polytropon wrote: [snip] > The psm device can be configured per /etc/rc.conf using moused. > While USB mice get configured by the USB subsystem automatically, > PS/2 and serial mice do not. > > Here's an example entry: > > moused_enable="YES" > moused_port="/dev/psm0" > moused_flags="-z 4" > moused_type="auto" I'm not sure that bit about PS/2 mice not being configured automatically is true. I run 8.1-RELEASE-p1 on amd64 with a PS/2 mouse and my /etc/rc.conf contains moused_enable="NO" moused_nondefault_enable="NO" moused_type="NO" and X has no problem seeing the mouse. OK, I don't have a mouse in console mode, but that's a personal foible of mine. (Well, ASR33s didn't have mice did they? :-) -- "Although the wombat is real and the dragon is not, few know what a wombat looks like, but everyone knows what a dragon looks like." -- Avram Davidson, _Adventures in Unhistory_
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