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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ps/2 mouse trouble
Date: 9 Apr 1997 11:39:56 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <334B1081.7F71@bitstream.net>,
"Joseph G. Moore" <jomor@bitstream.net> writes:
> I recently installed 2.2.1 and I have /dev/psm0 enabled, it is
> recognized on boot, and I have it enabled in the "moused" section of
> /etc/sysconfig. Moving the mouse will kill the screensaver so I know
> something is working, but I can't get any movement in the XFree
> graphical config utility no matter which protocol I select and apply.
> I'm quite new to freeBSD and I haven't yet figured out how to add the
> X11R6 directory to the path... could this be it? The mouse is
> manufactured by Microsoft and my motherboard is an Acer AP53 which is a
> fairly typical for boards eith an Intel 430HX chipset. CPU is an AMD
> K5-100. The mouse works fine under DOS, Win95, and NT 4.0.
>
> Thanks in advance ...jgm
First, test your moused stuff by running "vidcontrol -m on". Assuming
this works, all you have to do in your pointer section in XF86config
is have:
Protocol "MouseSystems"
Device "/dev/sysmouse"
The sysmouse pseudo device may have to be created using
cd /dev
sh ./MAKEDEV sysmouse
Sysmouse is supplied info in MouseSystems format by syscons (the console
driver). It gets it's input from whatever you config'd for moused.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !