svn commit: r539622 - head/x11-servers/xorg-server

[Michael Gmelin]

Author: grembo
Date: Fri Jun 19 15:30:44 2020
New Revision: 539622
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/539622

Log:
  Add information for users of devices that don't support evdev to pkg-message
  (e.g., serial mice).
  
  PR:		246956
  Approved by:	zeising (x11)

Modified:
  head/x11-servers/xorg-server/pkg-message

Modified: head/x11-servers/xorg-server/pkg-message
==============================================================================
--- head/x11-servers/xorg-server/pkg-message	Fri Jun 19 15:16:47 2020	(r539621)
+++ head/x11-servers/xorg-server/pkg-message	Fri Jun 19 15:30:44 2020	(r539622)
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ To enable evdev in such a device, run the following:
 To make it persistent across reboots, add the following to /etc/sysctl.conf:
 
 kern.evdev.rcpt_mask=6
+
+In case you're using a serial mouse or any other mouse that *only* works over
+sysmouse(4) and moused(8) on an evdev enabled kernel, please run this:
+
+# sysctl kern.evdev.rcpt_mask=3
+
+To make it persistent across reboots, add to this /etc/sysctl.conf:
+
+kern.evdev.rcpt_mask=3
+
 EOM
 }
 ]