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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This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms1DFCFB9C0BA78FEFA4178B52 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 --------------ms1DFCFB9C0BA78FEFA4178B52 Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature MIIIIwYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIIFDCCCBACAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMAsGCSqGSIb3DQEHAaCC BfQwggLYMIICQaADAgECAgMDIwUwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQAwgZQxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMRUw EwYDVQQIEwxXZXN0ZXJuIENhcGUxFDASBgNVBAcTC0R1cmJhbnZpbGxlMQ8wDQYDVQQKEwZU aGF3dGUxHTAbBgNVBAsTFENlcnRpZmljYXRlIFNlcnZpY2VzMSgwJgYDVQQDEx9QZXJzb25h bCBGcmVlbWFpbCBSU0EgMTk5OS45LjE2MB4XDTAwMDgyNDIwMzAwOFoXDTAxMDgyNDIwMzAw OFowVDEPMA0GA1UEBBMGRWdnZXJ0MQ0wCwYDVQQqEwRMYXJzMRQwEgYDVQQDEwtMYXJzIEVn Z2VydDEcMBoGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYNbGFyc2VAaXNpLmVkdTCBnzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOB jQAwgYkCgYEAz1yfcNs53rvhuw8gSDvr2+/snP8GduYY7x7WkJdyvcwb4oipNpWYIkMGP214 Zv1KrgvntGaG+jeugAGQt0n64VusgcIzQ6QDRtnMgdQDTAkVSQ2eLRSQka+nAPx6SFKJg79W EEHmgKQBMtZdMBYtYv/mTOcpm7jTJVg+7W6n04UCAwEAAaN3MHUwKgYFK2UBBAEEITAfAgEA MBowGAIBBAQTTDJ1TXlmZkJOVWJOSkpjZFoyczAYBgNVHREEETAPgQ1sYXJzZUBpc2kuZWR1 MAwGA1UdEwEB/wQCMAAwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUiKvxYINmVfTkWMdGHcBhvSPXw4wwDQYJKoZI hvcNAQEEBQADgYEAi65fM/jSCaPhRoA9JW5X2FktSFhE5zkIpFVPpv33GWPPNrncsK13HfZm s0B1rNy2vU7UhFI/vsJQgBJyffkLFgMCjp3uRZvBBjGD1q4yjDO5yfMMjquqBpZtRp5op3lT d01faA58ZCB5sxCb0ORSxvXR8tc9DJO0JIpQILa6vIAwggMUMIICfaADAgECAgELMA0GCSqG SIb3DQEBBAUAMIHRMQswCQYDVQQGEwJaQTEVMBMGA1UECBMMV2VzdGVybiBDYXBlMRIwEAYD VQQHEwlDYXBlIFRvd24xGjAYBgNVBAoTEVRoYXd0ZSBDb25zdWx0aW5nMSgwJgYDVQQLEx9D ZXJ0aWZpY2F0aW9uIFNlcnZpY2VzIERpdmlzaW9uMSQwIgYDVQQDExtUaGF3dGUgUGVyc29u YWwgRnJlZW1haWwgQ0ExKzApBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWHHBlcnNvbmFsLWZyZWVtYWlsQHRoYXd0 ZS5jb20wHhcNOTkwOTE2MTQwMTQwWhcNMDEwOTE1MTQwMTQwWjCBlDELMAkGA1UEBhMCWkEx FTATBgNVBAgTDFdlc3Rlcm4gQ2FwZTEUMBIGA1UEBxMLRHVyYmFudmlsbGUxDzANBgNVBAoT BlRoYXd0ZTEdMBsGA1UECxMUQ2VydGlmaWNhdGUgU2VydmljZXMxKDAmBgNVBAMTH1BlcnNv bmFsIEZyZWVtYWlsIFJTQSAxOTk5LjkuMTYwgZ8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADgY0AMIGJAoGB ALNpWpfU0BYLerXFXekhnCNyzRJMS/d+z8f7ynIk9EJSrFeV43theheE5/1yOTiUtOrtZaeS Bl694GX2GbuUeXZMPrlocHWEHPQRdAC8BSxPCQMXMcz0QdRyxqZd4ohEsIsuxE3x8NaFPmzz lZR4kX5A6ZzRjRVXjsJz5TDeRvVPAgMBAAGjNzA1MBIGA1UdEwEB/wQIMAYBAf8CAQAwHwYD VR0jBBgwFoAUcknCczTGVfQLdnKBfnf0h+fGsg4wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQADgYEAa8ZZ6TH6 6bbssQPY33Jy/pFgSOrGVd178GeOxmFw523CpTfYnbcXKFYFi91cdW/GkZDGbGZxE9AQfGuR b4bgITYtwdfqsgmtzy1txoNSm/u7/pyHnfy36XSS5FyXrvx+rMoNb3J6Zyxrc/WG+Z31AG70 HQfOnZ6CYynvkwl+Vd4xggH3MIIB8wIBATCBnDCBlDELMAkGA1UEBhMCWkExFTATBgNVBAgT DFdlc3Rlcm4gQ2FwZTEUMBIGA1UEBxMLRHVyYmFudmlsbGUxDzANBgNVBAoTBlRoYXd0ZTEd MBsGA1UECxMUQ2VydGlmaWNhdGUgU2VydmljZXMxKDAmBgNVBAMTH1BlcnNvbmFsIEZyZWVt YWlsIFJTQSAxOTk5LjkuMTYCAwMjBTAJBgUrDgMCGgUAoIGxMBgGCSqGSIb3DQEJAzELBgkq hkiG9w0BBwEwHAYJKoZIhvcNAQkFMQ8XDTAwMTExNDIzNTMwNFowIwYJKoZIhvcNAQkEMRYE FKxF49mzWb2GtUiBqfdlDSsz+I/YMFIGCSqGSIb3DQEJDzFFMEMwCgYIKoZIhvcNAwcwDgYI KoZIhvcNAwICAgCAMAcGBSsOAwIHMA0GCCqGSIb3DQMCAgFAMA0GCCqGSIb3DQMCAgEoMA0G CSqGSIb3DQEBAQUABIGAy2JQwIbyhPP9gXoEhLq+iT4aeqZuoUq4/yvHWZrPhACfq8AU1BVy z5jT9mlF1W89o12J4DYr1NRsGp39wsEEmzs/zbPrhIXsAXS35xhVwoYmmOyBV3aSYH1e6Uvq myu05B3gXC+avhf6SjgCgvw5expKmIQz4r6JvFaxvextqYQ= --------------ms1DFCFB9C0BA78FEFA4178B52-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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