r338641 && /dev/cyapa0: moused does not show pointer on console
Michael Gmelin
freebsd at grem.de
Mon Sep 24 09:46:28 UTC 2018
> On 24. Sep 2018, at 11:31, Matthias Apitz <guru at unixarea.de> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I've booted a fresh r338641 from an USB key on my Acer C720, and have
> the required modules loaded at boot (cyapa and ig4) and the values for cyapa in
> /boot/device.hints, as I do use them in r314251. The moused is running as
>
> /usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/cyapa0 -t ps/2
>
> but no mouse pointer is written on the console. If I do
>
> # cat /dev/cyapa0
>
> on TP movements, bytes can be read by cat(1). And trussing the PID of
> the moused shows too that it is reading bytes.
>
> What could be wrong?
Do you by any chance use vt(4) in vga textmode (hw.vga.textmode=1)?
vt doesn’t support hardware mouse cursors, so no cursor in text mode (see https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons)
Best,
Michael
>
> matthias
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