Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:15:47 -0500 From: Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: dev issues (was: Re: X config problems on T41p) Message-ID: <20040402211547.GA6473@panix.com> In-Reply-To: <20040402175123.GA20625@panix.com> References: <20040402175123.GA20625@panix.com>
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On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 12:51:23PM -0500, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > I'm running FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a ThinkPad T41p. I'm using XFree86 > 4.4.0, installed from the binaries on the XFree site (the video > card, an ATI Radeon FireGL T2, was apparently not supported with > the radeon driver shipped with 4.3). > > Initially, X was working fine, with no config file at all, yet > I've run into problems trying to use a config file. I generated > one with XFree86 -configure, but this set the driver to "ati", > instead of to "radeon" which seems from its docs to be the one > supporting my card. In any case, whether with the driver as "ati" > or as "radeon", the trackpoint doesn't function at all, nor does > the touchpad (which I disabled in the BIOS anyway, as some Web > pages said this was necessary to use the third button and I > don't like the touchpad anyway). Everything else seems to be > OK but I can't get anywhere without any pointer. > > The InputDevice section maps the Device as /dev/sysmouse, > which I thought is correct; there's no /dev/mouse. Following up to myself: I looked at the X logs when I booted with no config file, and learned that it probed the trackpoint as /dev/psm0, so when I stuck this into the InputDevice section for Device, it worked fine. Yay! However, I now have a problem with my usb mouse, which I'm sure is the result of my ignorance of how the /dev system works. I plug in a usb mouse, and I get a kernel message identifying it as ums0, 3 buttons and Z dir (so clearly it knows it's a mouse and some USB thing is working). At the same time, it reports moused: unable to open /dev/ums0: no such file or directory. What do I need to get this working, and will I need to add this to the X config file as well? I do find it a little odd in that in my other FreeBSD laptop (4.9), I use /dev/mouse in my X config, and both the trackpoint, and any USB mouse I plug in, work fine with no effort on my part. Thanks. Jesse Sheidlower
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