Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 15:53:04 -0800 From: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU> To: Ben Pfountz <netprince@vt.edu> Cc: Caleb Land <bokonon@rochester.rr.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mouse troubles in X and console (warning: contains graphic pleas forhelp :)) Message-ID: <3A11D060.7E66D33A@isi.edu> References: <20001114145213.A18827@deepthought.granfalloon.com> <3A11CB97.288AE77C@vt.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] This has been answered a view times over on this list when XFree-4.0.1 first came out. The fix/workaround is to tweak your XF86Config file. For me, changing Option "Protocol" from "Auto" to "Mousesystems" worked. Ben Pfountz wrote: > > I have noticed the same thing in 4.1-RELEASE. I dont have a clue why it > does that. When I killed moused and ran it again, everything worked fine. > I never saw the raw input from the mouse on the terminal. I know I'm not > much help, but perhaps someone else knows whats going on? > > Caleb Land wrote: > > > Hello, > > About three days ago I was using X, and my mouse froze in it's > > tracks. I know that X didn't freeze because I could still operate it > > with the keyboard. So, after I saved my work, I used > > CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to halt X. Then I killed ``moused'' and ran it > > again. Then when I moved my mouse in the console tons of characters > > (a lot of dollar signs ($)) were being input on standard input (as if > > I were typing them, I received a lot of "command not found" errors). > > If I start X when it is acting like this my mouse goes crazy when I > > move it. It clicks everywhere, and jumps from one side of the screen > > to the other. > > When I reboot the machine everything is normal again until I > > start X and use it for a little while. Through much rebooting, I've > > determined that moving a window from one virtual desktop to another > > will get it to freeze more quickly, though other activity causes it > > too. I tried installing X from cvs, but that didn't fix anything. > > I tried cvsup'ing by adding: > > > > date=2000.11.01.01.01.01 > > > > and making a new kernel and world, but that didn't help (it worked > > until a couple of days ago, so I thought that a recent installworld > > might have caused it, but it still didn't work with the old sources) > > > > I've tried not running moused on boot, and just using the > > mouse in X with the type set to "PS/2" and the device set to > > "/dev/psm0" > > > > Here is some information about my system: > > * Dual PIII 500 on a Supermicro P6DGE > > > > * 256 MB of Memory (I added 128 last week, and that is when I > > recompiled my kernel because for some reason I have 128 MB of memory > > hardcoded in my kernel config.) > > > > * Intellimouse Explorer (the one with 5 buttons and a wheel) hooked up > > to the PS/2 port because the USB never worked with SMP for some reason. > > > > * First X 4.0.1 from the ports collection, then from CVS, same problem > > > > The mouse works fine in Windows, and worked fine since March 2000 when > > I installed FreeBSD 4.0 until now. > > > > If you need more specific information tell me how to get it > > and I will (maybe some sort of kernel log or something). I'm stumped. > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > Caleb Land > > (bokonon@rochester.rr.com) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > -- > Ben Pfountz > Computer Science Undergraduate > Virginia Tech > netprince@vt.edu > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Lars Eggert <larse@isi.edu> Information Sciences Institute http://www.isi.edu/larse/ University of Southern California [-- Attachment #2 --] 0# *H 01 0 + 0 *H 00A#0 *H 01 0 UZA10U Western Cape10U Durbanville10 U Thawte1 0U Certificate Services1(0&U Personal Freemail RSA 1999.9.160 000824203008Z 010824203008Z0T10 UEggert1 0 U*Lars10U Lars Eggert1 0 *H larse@isi.edu00 *H 0 \p9 H;v r∩6"C?mxfJ f7I[3CF́L I - zHRVA怤2]0-bL)%X>nӅ w0u0*+e!0 00L2uMyffBNUbNJJcdZ2s0U 0 larse@isi.edu0 U 0 0 U #0`fUXF a#Ì0 *H _3 F=%nWY-HXD9UOc6ܰw f@uܶNԄR?Pr} E1֮23 mFhySwM_h|d yR= $P 00} 0 *H 01 0 UZA10U Western Cape10U Cape Town10U Thawte Consulting1(0&U Certification Services Division1$0"UThawte Personal Freemail CA1+0) *H personal-freemail@thawte.com0 990916140140Z 010915140140Z01 0 UZA10U Western Cape10U Durbanville10 U Thawte1 0U Certificate Services1(0&U Personal Freemail RSA 1999.9.1600 *H 0 iZ z]!#rLK~r$BRW{azr98e^eyvL>hpu t ,O 1ArƦ]D.Mօ>lx~@эWs0FO 7050U 0 0 U #0rIs4U vr~wƲ0 *H kY1rr`HU{gapm¥7؝(V\uoƑlfq|ko!6- -mƃRt\~ orzg,ks n Νc) ~U10001 0 UZA10U Western Cape10U Durbanville10 U Thawte1 0U Certificate Services1(0&U Personal Freemail RSA 1999.9.16#0 + 0 *H 1 *H 0 *H 1 001114235304Z0# *H 1EٳYHe +30R *H 1E0C0 *H 0*H 0+0 *H @0 *H (0 *H bPz>znJ+Yτ rϘiEo=]6+l;?ͳ넅tU&Wv`}^K+ \/J89{J3⾉Vmhelp
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