From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 29 14:02:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA18871 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 14:02:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from echonyc.com (echonyc.com [198.67.15.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA18847 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 14:02:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from benedict@echonyc.com) Received: from localhost (benedict@localhost) by echonyc.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id RAA21873 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 17:02:16 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 17:02:13 -0500 (EST) From: Snob Art Genre To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: svgalib? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Kyle Mestery wrote: > From what I have seen, most people not only have a lot of trouble with > setting up their video card for X, but have even more trouble with their > mice, especially if it is a PS/2 mouse. Those critters seem to give lots > of headaches to new users. My video card setup was a breeze, but I never did get my mouse working as a PS/2 . . . probably because I had a spare serial port and a serial adapter for the mouse (a Logitech MouseMan, and a very nice mouse indeed), and so I took the easy way out. > Kyle Mestery > StorageTek's Network Systems Group > 7600 Boone Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN 55428 > mesteka@anubis.network.com, mestery@winternet.com > > "You do not greet Death, you punch him in the throat > repeatedly until he drags you away." --No Fear Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."