Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 22:46:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> To: wonko@entropy.tmok.com Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FW: Sun mice (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006032240590.35800-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <200006040243.WAA73326@entropy.tmok.com>
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On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Brian Hechinger wrote: >i have one of those Belkin things but i don't have a PS/2 keyboard. i'll >grab a keyboard from work on monday and try it out on my SS-5 and post the >results here. i'll do what i can to see if i can get the wheel working, >rxvt has built in support for the wheel, but i had to put an option into >the XF86Config file, but i don't know if i'll be able to get OpenWin to work >with it. i would assume it should be possible since we have a sun ultra clone >at work that has ps/2 connectors on it, but i never plugged a mouse with a >wheel into it. > >hmm, i'll let you all know monday night after i get home from work. > >-brian Thanks, hmm, are they really ps/2 or just the same shape? my ss2 has ports that look similar on the back and my mouse plugs into the keyboard. This mouse only has 3 pins used, and the keyboard has 8 holes in the connector for the mouse, without a indentation that would allow a ps/2 mouse according to a $3 sample I picked up off the floor due to a protruding plastic part in the connector.. Might check if any of your sockets have room for one. I'm using X11R6 on netbsd right now and I never made a configuration file of any kind, it just worked :> So I dont even know if X would support it natively.. I recall under XFree86 I needed to add a line to XF86Config and plop some stuff in my .Xdefaults To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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