Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/40255: problem with installing and configuring XFree86 4.2.0 to FreeBSD 4.6 release Message-ID: <200207072210.g67MA3lH047242@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU>
To: Steven Shen <shen_zhijian@hotmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: conf/40255: problem with installing and configuring XFree86 4.2.0 to FreeBSD 4.6 release
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:07:51 -0700
Thus spake Steven Shen <shen_zhijian@hotmail.com>:
> Dear Sir:
>
> Yes, there is no "moused_enable="YES" " in file "/etc/rc.conf".
> And I added this line in this file. Then, surprisingly, it works now!
>
> But, why? Though I have followed the steps very carefully during the
> installation and configuration, I cannot get the right thing.
> It needs manually adjusting. Is this a bug?
>
> Thank you very very much.
> Hope FreeBSD can evolve better and better.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Steven.
Applications in FreeBSD don't generally talk to the mouse
directly. Instead, they talk to the mouse daemon via
/dev/sysmouse, and the mouse daemon deals with the peculiarities
of your particular mouse. This allows both the X Window System
and the console driver to use the mouse without conflicting. But
if moused isn't running, /dev/sysmouse won't work. (Many people
set up moused from sysinstall, so they don't have to worry about
this step.) I suppose you're right that it deserves mention in
the handbook section on configuring X.
--- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml 2002/05/28 17:38:52 1.82
+++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml 2002/07/07 22:03:27
@@ -378,7 +378,15 @@
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>Alt</keycap>
<keycap>Backspace</keycap>
- </keycombo> simultaneously.</para>
+ </keycombo> simultaneously. If the mouse doesn't work,
+ chances are you do not have &man.moused.8 running.
+ <ulink url="install-post.html#MOUSE">Mouse settings</ulink>
+ are discussed in the <ulink
+ url="install-post.html">Post-installation</ulink> section of
+ the Handbook. If your mouse has a scroll wheel, you should
+ also read <ulink url="../faq/x.html#X-AND-WHEEL">this FAQ
+ entry</ulink> as you proceed to the next step of X
+ configuration.</para>
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