From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Feb 8 6:25:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from gatekeeper.orem.verio.net (gatekeeper.orem.verio.net [192.41.0.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1507837B698 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 06:25:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx.dmz.orem.verio.net (mx.dmz.orem.verio.net [10.1.1.10]) by gatekeeper.orem.verio.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 948DA3BF11F for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 07:25:16 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost (aaronm@localhost) by mx.dmz.orem.verio.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f18EPFu69532; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 07:25:15 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from aaronm@mx.dmz.orem.verio.net) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 07:25:15 -0700 (MST) From: Aaron Mildenstein To: Thomas Stratmann Cc: Subject: Re: Weird mouse click/drag behaviour In-Reply-To: <3A828D95.E12D4628@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Thomas Stratmann wrote: > Hi everyone, > > thanks for the efforts to several of you, I could not fix it yet but I > see clearer now. > > The symptom is as such: When I click and immediately move wildly no > click is assumed, but when I then stop the movement before releasing > button 1 then a click is assumed at the new position. > > My X server used the wrong device, but I fixed it now (I think): > Section "Pointer" Right here, since you appear to be using a PS/2 mouse, try this line instead: Protocol "PS/2" > Protocol "SysMouse" > Device "/dev/sysmouse" > # BaudRate 1200 > # Emulate3Timeout 50 > Resolution 100 > # Emulate3Buttons > EndSection I had a similar experience with mice before, and hard-specifying seemed to help. Hope this isn't works. The only other idea would be to disable the moused at the console when x is started, and then start it up again afterwards. Aaron Mildenstein > > I commented lines out as above as I suspected a double > 3rd-button-emulation conflict. > The emulation as such works. > > The problem seems to appear in the system console, too. > > My moused options: moused -t auto -3 -E 2 -p /dev/psm0 > (I tuned down the -E timeout as I suspected the problem there, but I was > wrong. Using such a stupid short time interval works, my fingers seem > thick enough) > > I am running out of ideas now, maybe someone of you not ;-) > > Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > > > > Thomas Stratmann wrote: > > > > > > Is there a hack for posting messages on a terminal (e.g. log messages) > > > whenever my moused thinks I click? Would be useful for tracking this > > > problem. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message