Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 17:43:03 +0000 (UTC) From: dfeustel@mindspring.com To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 Suddenly Dead mouse Message-ID: <20080607174303.CC1A08FC13@mx1.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20080607171807.GA998@in-addr.com>
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On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 01:18:07PM -0400, Gary Palmer wrote: > On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 04:09:15PM +0000, dfeustel@mindspring.com wrote: > > My optical mouse has suddenly died for the 2nd time in both kde and X on > > a new computer running 64-bit AMD FreeBSD 7.0. This is the second time > > this mouse has died this way (last time was when I was using the mouse > > on a different AMD 64-bit computer running X/kde onOpenBSD). Cycling > > power and rebooting the computer does not revive the mouse. > > > > Assuming (dangerous, I know :-) ) that the mouse is not broken, where in > > the X code might the mouse be 'turned off' and how, (if that has been > > done) would I turn it back on? > > > > Also, is there a way to simulate the mouse commands using the keyboard > > when the mouse becomes catatonic? I hate to have to keep using > > ctl-alt-bksp to abort X. > > I cannot answer the "turned off" question, but if you have a keyboard > with a numlock key and a numeric keypad, pressing SHIFT-NUMLOCK > will turn the keypad into a low quality mouse. 8 moves the pointer up, > 2 moves it down, etc. Pressing SHIFT-NUMLOCK again disables the feature. > > At least on my system, the system speaker beeps when you toggle > the feature. > > Regards, > > Gary Thanks for this info! It works. Is there also a way to simulate clicking the mouse buttons?
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