Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:36:38 -0800 From: "Kevin Downey" <redchin@gmail.com> To: bobmc <bobmc@bobmc.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Hairy Cats and mice and FreeBSD Message-ID: <1d3ed48c0701201936g893180nea6b098f43f5d8d9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45B2DB67.4070208@bobmc.net> References: <20070120100322.747bc208@tania.servebbs.org> <45B2DB67.4070208@bobmc.net>
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On 1/20/07, bobmc <bobmc@bobmc.net> wrote: > Bob wrote: > > > > Hi: > > > > I Live with a very hairy, large, Main Coon cat called Tania; she sheds > > tons of fine hair all over the place. She is a Mouser, and proudly rids > > our home (a boat) of all sorts of mice. Unfortunately she also kills > > Computer mice! Therein lies my problem. > > > > I have been replacing mechanical mice at the rate of one per month, by > > just going to the local radio shack and buying one of their cheapest > > PS2 mice, and replacing the hair-locked-up one. > > > > Recently. RS has cheapened their mouse design, so the inner rollers are > > now about 1/2 the diameter of the old ones. This "modification" has > > limited a mouse's life here to about one week! > > > > What I want to do is replace this mechanical mouse with an optical > > mouse. RadioShack sells one, with the proper Windowz driver. I am > > running FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 #2 however! > > > > If I go to Radio Shack, and buy their optical mouse, will I be able to > > configure it to work with my KDE/FreeBSD system? This device is not > > cheap! > > > > Anyone with experience using their optical mouse under FreeBSD? All > > input will be very much appreciated. > > > > Mouse-less on the Atlantic > > Bob > > > > > I have a Microsoft Optical Intellimouse for PS/2 or USB. It works fine > except for the scroll-wheel. But I have not got around to configuring > X to make it work. I doubt if FreeBSD cares which mouse you have. > > The mouse has a tiny hole in the bottom which gathers hair. It can be > removed with a puff of breath. I also use a mechanical keyboard which > can be cleaned. Don't bother trying to clean hairballs from these > rubber-mat keyboards. > > Oh, the mouse is listed at $31.99 on tigerdirect.ca > > -BobMc- > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Xorg -configure now puts: Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" in the mouse section by default, which is all I've ever needed to make the scrollwheel work -- The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred.
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