From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 20 20:28:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA00401 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 20 Feb 1997 20:28:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA00375 for ; Thu, 20 Feb 1997 20:28:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from narcissus.ml.org (root@brosenga.Pitzer.edu [134.173.120.201]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id UAA26707 for ; Thu, 20 Feb 1997 20:19:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ben@localhost) by narcissus.ml.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA09681; Thu, 20 Feb 1997 20:18:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 20:18:03 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre To: "R. Joe Schwartz" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X and mouse definitions In-Reply-To: <330CB501.29EC@allie.sps.mot.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, R. Joe Schwartz wrote: > I've a Dell Optiplex with FreeBSD 2.1.5 on it. > I want to run X. > > Being unfamiliar with the terminology, what is the differance between > a bus mouse and a PS/2 mouse? > > What are the device names for each? The bus mouse is /dev/mse0, the PS/2 mouse is /dev/psm0. > Can I simply use the first com port and put my 3 button serial mouse on > it instead of using the PS/2 or bus mouse? Is there anything in the > kernel to either enable or disable depending on which is used? Grep through LINT for mse and psm, the sample lines are in there. A serial mouse doesn't need anything special, serial port drivers are compiled in by default. I'm using a three-button serial mouse and it has never given me trouble. I wasn't able to get a PS/2 mouse working with X, by the way, though your mileage may vary. If you've got the spare serial port, save yourself the trouble and use a serial mouse, is my advice. > Thanks loads for your response. > > Joe Schwartz > > ------------------------------------- > Please reply to: > > rjoe@sterinfo.com You should really use a reply-to header for this sort of thing, if your mailer can do it. Hmm, the headers say you're using Mozilla on Solaris. I don't know how Mozilla does it but it probably can. > PS > > I've several FreeBSD Internet servers in Austin, TX. which I've set up > for companies. Everyone's very pleased. Cool. :) Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."