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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nwnexus!daniel From: daniel@halcyon.com (Daniel Jordan) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Okay, Okay, how does the mouse work in XFree86/FreeBSD ?!? Date: 21 Nov 1993 21:37:46 -0800 Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 14 Sender: news@nwfocus.wa.com Message-ID: <2cpj7a$f6t@nwfocus.wa.com> References: <2cjnf0$qvs@nwfocus.wa.com> <JKH.93Nov20165944@whisker.lotus.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: nwfocus.wa.com it seems that i had the MouseSystems / Microsoft mode toggle on the back of my mouse set innappropiately. i had, as a matter of completenes, done stty -f /dev/tty01 clocal, this allowed tip com1 to 'see' the mouse. So, once i had specified mousesystems in Xconfig AND placed the toggle in the Right place .... *:) well, this is being written from a xterm! ...now if only i can get out of this 640x480 16 color mode *:). -dan