From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 21 03:36:40 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 B434E16A401 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:36:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redchin@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5159C13C457 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:36:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redchin@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id m19so89701nfc for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:36:39 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=RGiweZVGw1rv13yfCtQFUplnix8UI/gQ5JbPiowF6EBx5LajKGNBBxhgNZhlc7fNVBK5eRW+Lkh1qpepdkhVvg7TV/958DqNWYUHjoq+1IolsEuf6fSJkcq/lwaH9cARnyrYrsJNjV8weIC0/jtAj+0U6BlldhSPmiDlQOEfKDE= Received: by 10.82.153.5 with SMTP id a5mr3694845bue.1169350598955; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:36:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.118.14 with HTTP; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:36:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1d3ed48c0701201936g893180nea6b098f43f5d8d9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:36:38 -0800 From: "Kevin Downey" To: bobmc In-Reply-To: <45B2DB67.4070208@bobmc.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070120100322.747bc208@tania.servebbs.org> <45B2DB67.4070208@bobmc.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions 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 03:36:40 -0000 On 1/20/07, bobmc wrote: > 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- > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Xorg -configure now puts: Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" in the mouse section by default, which is all I've ever needed to make the scrollwheel work -- The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred.