Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:31:33 -0800 (PST) From: mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com> To: Robert Slade <bsd@bathnetworks.com>, Miles Nordin <carton@Ivy.NET> Cc: "freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org" <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sparc64/91882: Ultra 10 mouse/keyboard Message-ID: <20060117203133.21177.qmail@web34004.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1137485947.12144.20.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk>
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--- Robert Slade <bsd@bathnetworks.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 06:08, Miles Nordin wrote: > > >>>>> "m" == mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com> writes: > > > > m> It feels like this is a recurring question > on a weekly basis, > > m> I'd be more than willing to write a big > ole document > > > > Why not just fix the Xorg installed to have a > working config file? > > Then the questions will disappear without training > people to jump > > through meaningless hoops like Linux-using circus > animals. > > The problem is not with Xorg, that works. The actual > problem is that > during install the mouse demon is not installed > unlike the i386 fbsd > version. In addition, the problem report was > addressed to a lack of > mouse drivers which was incorrect. > > If the OP had googled for an answer he would have > found it. I know > because one of the posts was mine. > > However, I would humbly suggest that issue is > addressed in the errata. > Rob In FreeBSD6.0 on SPARC64, moused is installed normally... I can't speak for previous versions and 6.0-R is the first I've personally used on SPARC64. It also is possible that it's in a different set (I always manually pick and install pretty much everything except for 'info' and 'games' ;-)) but if that is the case, it seems a bit silly. But yeah, the info the OP needs is definitly in our list archives - still not sure why he would've only searched for "sunmouse" (Linux has a /dev/sunmouse, but that's the only time I can ever remember seeing that particular name). To address the suggestion of "simply having the installed Xorg contain a working config file" - if you follow the FreeBSD handbook, you will end up having Xorg generate a config based on what it thinks exists, and modify that to fix anything it got wrong or whatever. I'm not sure how well that does with the keyboard/mouse stuff on FreeBSD/SPARC64. Regardless, even if it generates total crud output, it's an Xorg problem and not a FreeBSD problem. :-) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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