Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 07:35:23 +0100 From: Valery <valery@vslash.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: HOWTO : Setting Up a mouse + wheel on a traditional ps/2 port in FBSD 5.3 Message-ID: <42216A2B.7090407@vslash.com>
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* Setting Up a mouse + wheel on a traditional ps/2 port in FBSD 5.3
... and others ... *
1. Must know
ps2 bus : the ps/2 bus is mapped as /dev/psm0
/dev/psm0 : support only 'ps/2' protocol ( moused(8) )
moused : map /dev/psm0 as a virtual port to
/dev/sysmouse (ie like /dev/ttyv0 is a virtual tty)
X : work with the /dev/sysmouse virtual device as input device.
xorg.conf : When setting up "Protocol" to "Auto" the protocol choosed
by X is ps/2 which don't work for me (i don't know how to
use a wheel with it without setting up parms for each apps)
xorg.conf : setting up "Protocol" to "sysmouse" is the best way i find
to use my wheel. /sysmouse/ work "natively" with xterm,
Mozilla, and so on. No needs to change anything.
2. Parameters
/etc/rc.conf :
moused -p /dev/psm0 -t ps/2
/etc/X11/xorg.conf :
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "sysmouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "X"
EndSection
3. Some tips
Testing :
1 - kill the moused daemon
2 - set mouse on console : vidcontrol -m on
3 - launch moused on foreground to see if it's work :
moused -f -p /dev/psm0 -t ps/2
4 - press ^C to end
5 - if result are ok, launch moused with your previous parms
6 - set up rc.conf && xorg.conf as above.
7 - try to use a lightweight wm like IceWM or twm to test,
it respect well X parms.
4. Comments
i don't know why, but logoff/login or reboot your computer in order to
get this stuff working properly : first time i set this parms, they
don't work. Because i was almost sure they must work, i rebooted my
computer and they work fine. Perhaps some guy from BSD could
explain ...
My X.log whith the 'sysmouse' protocol :
(**) Option "Protocol" "sysmouse"
(**) Mouse0: Device: "/dev/sysmouse"
(**) Mouse0: Protocol: "sysmouse"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse0: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
(**) Option "BaudRate" "1200"
(**) Option "StopBits" "2"
(**) Option "DataBits" "8"
(**) Option "Parity" "None"
(**) Option "Vmin" "1"
(**) Option "Vtime" "0"
(**) Option "FlowControl" "None"
(**) Option "Buttons" "5"
(==) Mouse0: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse0: Buttons: 5
(**) Mouse0: BaudRate: 1200
// ... //
(II) 3rd Button detected: disabling emulate3Button
5. Probed apps
xterm
Mozilla
gVim
6. Ref.
sysmouse(4), moused(8)
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.mouse ...
... no information about sysmouse protocol
http://colas.nahaboo.net/mouse-wheel-scroll/#FAQ
yours
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