From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 29 17:55:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA03965 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 17:55:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from outmail.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (outmail.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp [160.12.196.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id RAA03960 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 17:55:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp) Received: by outmail.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp id AA03057; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 10:55:04 +0900 Received: from zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp [160.12.42.1]) by zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (8.7.6+2.6Wbeta7/3.4W/zodiac-May96) with ESMTP id LAA09472; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 11:01:29 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <199710300201.LAA09472@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Snob Art Genre Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: svgalib? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 29 Oct 1997 17:02:13 EST." References: Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 11:01:28 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> 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. Hmm, it is very easy to set up the PS/2 mouse either for XFree86 or moused, so long as this rule is followed: When you connect the mouse to the PS/2 mouse port, specify "PS/2" as the protocol type REGARDLESS of the model and manufacturer of the mouse. This is clearly stated in the man page of XF86Config(4/5). Various README files also say the user should refer to this man page. But unfortunately s/he either doesn't read it or doesn't know his/her mouse is of the PS/2 type... Kazu PS: I am currently working on mouse drivers and moused so that moused and XFree86 will be identify appropriate mouse protocol automatically.