USB mouse support
Trey Sizemore
trey at fastmail.fm
Sun Nov 28 10:28:04 PST 2004
Mark Ovens wrote:
>On Sat November 27 2004 22:26, Trey Sizemore wrote:
>
>
>>Mark Ovens wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Trey Sizemore wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I've just installed FreeBSD 5.3 on my desktop machine (P4 2.8GHz with
>>>>512MB RAM) and cannot get my mouse pointer to move in KDE. It is a
>>>>Microsoft Wireless Optical 2.0 mouse (USB) and I have the following
>>>>section in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
>>>>
>>>>Driver "mouse"
>>>>Option "Protocol" "Auto"
>>>>Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>>>>Option "Buttons" "7"
>>>>Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>>>
>>>>I have installed FreeBSD from the disc 1 ISO file and installed
>>>>everything by default. I have not done a kernel recomple at this point.
>>>>
>>>>Is this an issue with my xorg.conf file or a USB issue that requires
>>>>a kernel recompile? I did not see anything helpful in the Using X11
>>>>in the manual.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>They don't work :-( I have to run mine on PS/2 via an adaptor. There
>>>is a patch in http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/70607 to
>>>fix this. I tried the first version of the patch; the mouse worked but
>>>there were other problems. There have been several modifications done
>>>to the patch since then that I haven't tried.
>>>
>>>
>>I've just tried mine by using the PS/2 adaptor and it's not working here
>>either. The light on the 'base station' doesn't stay on. Is your
>>xorg.conf different than mine?
>>
>>
>>
>
>Slightly:
>
> Identifier "Mouse1"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "sysmouse"
> Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>
> Option "Buttons" "5"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>
>I don't use the tiltwheel - it annoys me - hence Buttons set to 5
>
>
Hmmm...not sure why mine's not working then. Is your mouse the wireless
version? Mine says Microsoft Wireless Mouse 2.0 (it's kind of a light
purple color ).
Thanks.
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