From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Aug 30 21:35:28 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEB35BC89CF for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 21:35:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77E23BC4 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 21:35:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-78-210.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.78.210]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 545563CE7F; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 23:35:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id u7ULZPgP002691; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 23:35:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 23:35:25 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Antonio Olivares Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: mouse problems on Lumina Message-Id: <20160830233525.513665cf.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 21:35:28 -0000 On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:21:44 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Dear FreeBSD users, > > I have successfully installed FreeBSD 11.0RC2, I have installed Lumina > as my desktop, it is small and does not use much memory. I like it > and have run it successfully on another machine running DragonFly. I > have dbus_enabled="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and added hald_enable="YES" as > well, [...] Is HAL still needed? I thought it was abolished in Linux some years ago and is not neccessary in FreeBSD anymore. Have you tried temporarily disabling HAL and checking if it was the cause of your problem? That would be my first suggestion for further diagnostics. > [...] but I lose mouse functionality when I switch from firefox to a > terminal and then try to switch back to firefox, the mouse pointer > gets lost and looks like a capital i . That cursor shape is a typical text field (input area) cursor. Otherwise, you could try using X terminals instead of switching to the text mode virtual terminals. (If I read your question correctly, you're refering to switching "out of" and "back to" X; if this problem concerns switching between xterms and Firefox... well, that would really be strange.) > I have to use alt keys > sometimes to quit applications. Which key combination is this? Do you say that it isn't working even though it should? > Mouse is a usb mouse device usm0 from > Microsoft, and I also have moused_enabled="YES" in /etc/rc.conf. The moused entry isn't needed for USB mice, you can remove it. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...