Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 22:51:23 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: operation not permitted on entropy file Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408122249470.28580@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20140813011849.GC25757@home.parts-unknown.org> References: <20140810124433.da498898.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140810224038.GD24036@home.parts-unknown.org> <20140811101822.41851cc7.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140811142707.GA10186@home.parts-unknown.org> <CA%2BtpaK2RC0w7Y4etxs%2Byx59_gAURNEtB38h=sV8pEFkBRWVFWQ@mail.gmail.com> <20140811171653.b7c60e58.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140811153535.GA30506@home.parts-unknown.org> <20140811183912.ef0f20a6.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140812023229.GB84770@home.parts-unknown.org> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408121837430.66504@wonkity.com> <20140813011849.GC25757@home.parts-unknown.org>
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On Tue, 12 Aug 2014, David Benfell wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 06:44:20PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: >> On Mon, 11 Aug 2014, David Benfell wrote: >>> >>> Wouldn't the copy and paste operation require moused? I have an issue >>> here because I haven't figured out how to get moused to recognize my >>> USB mouse (which is strange: it does this just fine on my notebook). >> >> If you are using vt(4), the mouse pointer does not appear if >> hw.vga.textmode=1 is set in /boot/loader.conf. > > I am. And I do indeed have this option set. vt was my reason for > installing STABLE rather than RELEASE. > > But actually, this may be simpler than that. It *finally* occurred to > me to look in the rc.conf man page for moused options. I now have: > > moused_enable="YES" > moused_nondefault_enable="YES" > moused_type="AUTO" > > But I don't currently have a mouse plugged into the system to test it > with. It looks like the moused_type option requires the mouse to be > plugged in, whereas supposedly the moused_nondefault_enable option > allows moused to recognize the mouse when it is plugged in. For USB mice, it is not necessary to set any options. moused_nondefault_enable="YES" is the default. I'd noticed some strange behavior on a system with that textmode option set, and just tracked it down today.
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