Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 13:37:34 -0500 From: "Your Name" <nospam@apriori.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 118, Issue 20 Message-ID: <E1EqakQ-0000H2-Mk@modena360.cwihosting.com>
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In the most recent digest, I saw the reply:
Message: 7
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:07:35 -0600
Subject: Re: USB/multi-wheel mice conf files if anyone wants them
> > In case it is of any help to anyone, I recently got two of my mice
> > running on FreeBSD 5.4 with Xorg, and I could post the Xorg conf
> > files I ended up using.
> It will help. Please post them.
> Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
> Adjunct Information Security Officer
I guess I was reading the thread about USB mice with some anxiety,
since I have had no difficulties with them. It seems to be a matter of
finding the correct driver and port; but it generally comes down
to /dev/sysmouse for me.
Here are the config files I use for my USB mice. I am using Xorg.
For my A4Tech Optical GreatEye wheel mouse, model WOP-35PU:
(This has 4 buttons and 2 wheels; the wheels are for up/down and
right/left scrolling.)
For newbies to this (and I am no expert, either!), be advised that the
first section of the xorg.conf file must have the correct references
to the mouse section or else it will almost certainly not find your
settings correctly. So for the A4Tech, it looks like:
Section "ServerLayout"
(Identifier stuff here)
(Screen stuff here)
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
(InputDevice stuff here)
EndSection
[some other sections in here]
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Buttons" "9"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
----------
For my Starlogic 8D Mini Scrolling mouse...
This may not be available any more under that brand, but I I recently
bought the same thing branded as Compaq USB Trackball/Optical Mouse
model CPQ650TP. I use it on my laptop because it's smaller and I don't
need as much desktop area to move it around.
Section "ServerLayout"
(Identifier stuff here)
(Screen stuff here)
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
(InputDevice stuff here)
EndSection
[some other sections in here]
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
---
I had to do some guessing (i.e., trial and error) to determine how
many "buttons" xorg thinks it sees coming from the mice.
Hope this helps!
Kind regards and Happy Holidays!
Rob, thanks for the advice about CVSupping. I'm updating my ports
collection now.
Cheers,
-- paz.
P.S. - I'm looking for a suggestion for a CD ripper; or perhaps I'm
not using KAudioCreator right. If I select all the tracks on a CD, it
blarfs when it is trying to rip the second or third track while
simultaneously converting the first track to .mp3 or whatever.
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