Mouse port

Thomas Foster tbonius at comcast.net
Tue Jan 25 10:31:40 PST 2005


check your kernel messages for detected mice..

is this a USB or PS2 mouse?

T
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aperez" <alfredoj69 at gmail.com>
To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:03 AM
Subject: Mouse port


> How can I  find out what is the port of mouse?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Thomas Foster wrote:
>
>>
>> are your using moused in your rc.conf.. if so .. try the following 
>> example:
>>
>> moused_port="/dev/psm0" #or whatever port your mouse is uses
>> moused_type="auto"
>>
>> what brand / protocol does the mouse use?
>> ..for most mice you can use the following example in your XF86Config
>>
>>    Option "Protocol"    "Auto"
>>    Option "Device"      "/dev/psm0" #or whatever port your mouse is uses
>>    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>
>> Is the computer running connected to a KVM switchbox?
>> ..if so try adding  the following line to your device hints:
>> device          psm0    at atkbdc? irq 12 flags 0x100Hope this helps
>>
>> T
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Gerard" 
>> <fun at thingy.apana.org.au>
>> To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:24 AM
>> Subject: Re: Scroll whell on FreeBSD 5.3 i386
>>
>>
>>> Michael Madden (madden at cmsrtp.com) [050125 06:34]:
>>>
>>>> What is the secret to getting my scroll wheel working on FreeBSD 5.3? 
>>>> If have
>>>> the following added to /etc/rc.conf:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> And I'm having ... the same problem with 5.3! And I couldn't get a 
>>> solution
>>> that worked either!
>>>
>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-September/059325.html
>>>
>>> Mine is a Compaq (Logitech) USB optical mouse. The machine is a Compaq
>>> AP400 Personal Workstation. What's yours?
>>>
>>>
>>> - d.
>>>
>>>
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