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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: MS Serial Mouse
Date: 4 Apr 1997 14:57:14 GMT
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In article <5i18iq$47$1@news.hal-pc.org>,
dlac@aldridge.com writes:
> Running FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE #0
>
> I have been unsuccessfull in getting my serial mouse to function under
> console or X. If anyone is in tutorial mode, I would appreciate a
> clue.
> Regards
> Dave
> --
> David L. Aldridge
> The Aldridge Company 281.368.0166 (fax: 281.368.0381)
> http://www.aldridge.com/
> Powered by Pentium/FreeBSD/Apache - Because it works.
I'm sure this is scattered throught the manual.
To make your serial devices:
cd /dev
for f in 0 1 2 3; do
sh ./MAKEDEV cuaa$f ttyd$f
done
COM1=cuaa0, COM2=cuaa1 etc. These devices are probably alread there.
In /etc/sysconfig,
mousedtype=microsoft
mousedport=/dev/cuaa0
There are other options, have a look at the comments.
You can now use your mouse after typing "vidcontrol -m on".
To set it up in conjunction with X, syscons emulates the mouse
input (from $mousedport) as output to /etc/sysmouse using the
MouseSystems protocol.
cd /dev
sh ./MAKEDEV sysmouse
and in /etc/XF96config in the pointer section:
Protocol "MouseSystems"
Device "/dev/sysmouse"
Good luck.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !