From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 5 13:04:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3B9016A4CE for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:04:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C1CA43D46 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:04:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF06369A40; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:04:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:04:37 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: freebsd@mail.gr Message-Id: <20041005090437.52272bc7.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <109696741101@mailserver.mail.gr> References: <109696741101@mailserver.mail.gr> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xserver mouse won't work X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 13:04:39 -0000 freebsd@mail.gr wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm having troubles configuring my mouse for the X server. > So, here's my story. I have a PIII 950MHz box with 128MB RAM. I have > Windows98 on it and right now I'm turning it to dual boot with FreeBSD > 4.7-Release being the second o.s. > > The installation itself went easy but setting up the X server has been > terrible. Am I the only person who thinks this is a very tiresome and > user-unfriendly procedure? No. X config is a pain. > I have a very ordinary PS/2, 3-buttons mouse but I have tried others, too > (one with 2 buttons, one with a scroll button). Nothing seems to work. > The pointer sticks to the right upper corner and just goes nuts with > continuous clicks. > > For the X server configuration I use xf86config (even though, I gave the > graphical tool a chance, too). I choose /dev/sysmouse as my mouse device > and I've tried different protocols like PS/2, Microsoft compatible, Mouse > Systems (3-button protocol) etc. Nothing works :~( > > So, what am I doing so wrong? Well, you didn't provide your config file, and I'm not psychic, so I can't be sure, but here are a few guesses based on common mistakes. 1) If you use /dev/sysmouse, you need to be running the mouse daemon. If you can use the mouse in a text console, then moused is running. If not, rerun sysinstall (or edit rc.conf) to enable it. 2) Have you tried the "Auto" protocol? You can manually edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and make the protocol line: Option "Protocol" "Auto" HTH -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com