USB mouse support

[Mark Ovens]

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

Regards,

Mark