From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 23 16:49:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from epsb.edmonton.ab.ca (relay.epsb.edmonton.ab.ca [198.161.119.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8CCF37B4CF for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 16:49:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from exchange05.epsb.edmonton.ab.ca (exchange05.epsb.edmonton.ab.ca [10.0.5.14]) by epsb.edmonton.ab.ca (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id RAA29290; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:43:51 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from JSpencer@epsb.edmonton.ab.ca) Received: by exchange05.epsb.edmonton.ab.ca with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) id ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:45:06 -0600 Message-ID: From: Jason Spencer To: "'thierry@thomas.as'" , "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: RE: Erratic PS/2 mouse with FreeBSD 4.1 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:44:24 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hello, > > It seems to be a FAQ, but I have not found any solution for my > case. > > The mouse is a PS/2 "Browser Mouse", with 2 buttons and a wheel. > It's seen as a model 4DT. > > And its mouvement is erratic. When the mouse is in motion, the > cursor often jumps upward and to the right. Sometimes the software > (X) reacts as if one of the buttons has been pressed. > > Thanks for your help. I had a problem like this when setting up a machine for a friend. This is the config that ended up working: In kernel config: device psm0 at atkbdc? irq 12 [same as GENERIC] In /etc/rc.conf: moused_type="auto" moused_enable="YES" In XF86Config: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" EndSection [the capital "A" had me stumped for a while :) ] If you're not using XFree86 4.X try: Section "Pointer" Protocol "PS/2" Device "/dev/sysmouse" EndSection -Jason [I hope Outlook doesn't munk up my mail too badly. I'm at work.] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message