From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 12 20:10:23 2010 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 643311065672 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:10:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 230F58FC1F for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:10:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-73-80.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.73.80]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2535E3D61F; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:10:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id o9CKAKgl001510; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:10:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:10:20 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Arthur Chance Message-Id: <20101012221020.1a8dcd90.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4CB411AF.5050109@qeng-ho.org> References: <20101011032642.GA3354@thought.org> <20101011164152.GA4652@thought.org> <20101011193153.758efde5.freebsd@edvax.de> <4CB411AF.5050109@qeng-ho.org> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: mouse problems.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:10:23 -0000 On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:43:43 +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: > 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. PS/2 mice usually GET configured automatically, so type=auto is sufficient in MOST cases. In my case (where I took those lines from) I had to specify additional flags to make sure some specific functionality of THAT mouse runs properly. > 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. As I mentioned in another message, X should pick up the mouse INDEPENDENTLY from the system (moused), and if my memory serves me, this works both in combination with HAL + DBUS, but should work also without them. The idea of trying to get a mouse pointer in console mode is a means of diagnostics, where "choose lowest level to check" is often the best idea. The fewer components are involved, and the better you can CONTROL those components, the easier it is to check if something works. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...