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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The following reply was made to PR conf/40255; it has been noted by GNATS. 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> <indexterm><primary>XFree86 4 Tuning</primary></indexterm> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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