From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 3 15:05:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 80D8B16A41F for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:05:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@vonostingroup.com) Received: from ritamari.vonostingroup.com (ritamari.vonostingroup.com [216.144.193.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C637C43D5C for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:05:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@vonostingroup.com) Received: from adsl-68-72-248-38.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net ([68.72.248.38] helo=[192.168.1.33]) by ritamari.vonostingroup.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Etnie-000MMQ-QY; Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:05:01 -0500 Message-ID: <43BA9298.3090604@vonostingroup.com> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:04:56 -0500 From: Frank Laszlo User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fernan Aguero , FreeBSD Questions References: <20060103140216.GA388@iib.unsam.edu.ar> In-Reply-To: <20060103140216.GA388@iib.unsam.edu.ar> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.2.0 OpenPGP: url=http://www.franksworld.org/~laszlof/keys/0x0B3FCA4B.asc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ritamari.vonostingroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [26 6] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - vonostingroup.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: Subject: Re: mouse dead on FreeBSD but not on Windows X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:05:15 -0000 Fernan Aguero wrote: > Hi! > > I've a dual boot machine, which was running FreeBSD-5.4 (now > 6.0p1) and WinXP. It has a cheap PS/2 mouse (Biswal is the > brand, but I guess it's just a generic mouse, details at the > bottom). > > In Windows it works flawlessly ... wheel included. It's been > running for months. In FreeBSD it never worked. I don't know > if I'm doing something wrong ... this machine is the first > box in which I installed 5.x so perhaps there are some > configuration differences from 4.x tham I'm unaware of? > > Any help would be appreciated (of course I can go buy > another cheap mouse ... but I'm intrigued now). > > The details: > > dmesg says: > psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 > psm0: [GIANT LOCKED] > psm0: model Intellimouse, device ID 3 > > moused says: > moused -i all -p /dev/psm0 > /dev/psm0 ps/2 sysmouse Intellimouse > > I've tried to run 'vidcontrol -m on' and then 'moused -p > /dev/psm0 -t auto/sysmouse' and I never get an arrow on the > screen. > > I've got X installed with gnome and when booting I always > get a black arrow in the xdm login screen that I cannot move > with the mouse. I also tried to tweak my Xorg.conf file to > no avail. > > My custom kernel has the following (I quote what I guess > it's relevant, do ask for more detail if neccessary): > device atkbdc > device atkbd > device psm > > I just cvsuped against RELENG_6_0 and rebuilt the world and > kernel. All the base system is now 6.0p1, and now I need to > rebuild all ports ... but apart from that the mouse is still > dead on FreeBSD. > > Again thanks for any help, > > fernan > > Are you using moused, or Xorg's mouse daemon? please send the applicable section from your xorg.conf. Thanks __________________________________________________ Frank Laszlo System Administrator The VonOstin Group Email: laszlof@tvog.net WWW: http://www.vonostingroup.com Mobile: 248-863-7584