mouse problems....
Gary Kline
kline at thought.org
Mon Oct 11 18:14:48 UTC 2010
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 07:31:53PM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:41:52 -0700, Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> wrote:
> > I'm including the dmesg output from the server. Is there a
> > mouse driver I can compile that will get the mouse working on my
> > two FreeBSD platforms?
>
> This is not needed - the mouse driver is already in the default
> kernel. For a PS/2 mouse, dmesg should show a "psm" entry, and
> there should be /dev/psm0.
>
> I think I don't see a mouse in this dmesg, so there is NO mouse.
> The keyboard seems to be present.
>
> The psm device can be configured per /etc/rc.conf using moused.
> While USB mice get configured by the USB subsystem automatically,
> PS/2 and serial mice do not.
>
> Here's an example entry:
>
> moused_enable="YES"
> moused_port="/dev/psm0"
> moused_flags="-z 4"
> moused_type="auto"
>
> If you're using X, it should pick up a mouse configured this
> way. There should be no need to edit xorg.conf (unless you intendedly
> need nonstandard settings that the autodetection magic won't get
> right).
>
> You can check if the mouse works if you move the cursor in text
> mode. An arrow should be visible. If you just want to check things
> without file modifying (and rebooting), you can invoke moused
> directly, e. g.
>
> moused -d -f -p /dev/psm0 -t auto -z 4
>
> Here, -d enables debugging messages, and -f forces moused NOT to
> become a daemon, so you can ^C to purge it when done. If you see that
> the settings are working properly, modify the rc.conf file as shown
> above.
>
>
>
> Compiling kernel & world to get a mouse working, bah... :-)
>
Bah, or Bah-humbug! I tried the quick-fix mod and get the
following:
moused_type="auto"
moused: optind: 9, optarg: '4'
moused: unable to open /dev/psm0: No such file or directory
ethic#
Then i dropped in your four line into /etc/rc.conf and rebooted.
A few lines before the prompt was the message that "/dev/psm0"
was not file nor directory.
Suggestions? The kernel on this '09 Dell is from last December.
I'll rebuild.
I finished upgrading kernel and world on my 2003 Dell. Will
drop in your 4 lines and see what happened after reboot.
[??]
gary
>
>
>
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> Polytropon
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