Xserver mouse won't work
Bill Moran
wmoran at potentialtech.com
Tue Oct 5 06:04:39 PDT 2004
freebsd at mail.gr wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm having troubles configuring my mouse for the X server.
> So, here's my story. I have a PIII 950MHz box with 128MB RAM. I have
> Windows98 on it and right now I'm turning it to dual boot with FreeBSD
> 4.7-Release being the second o.s.
>
> The installation itself went easy but setting up the X server has been
> terrible. Am I the only person who thinks this is a very tiresome and
> user-unfriendly procedure?
No. X config is a pain.
> I have a very ordinary PS/2, 3-buttons mouse but I have tried others, too
> (one with 2 buttons, one with a scroll button). Nothing seems to work.
> The pointer sticks to the right upper corner and just goes nuts with
> continuous clicks.
>
> For the X server configuration I use xf86config (even though, I gave the
> graphical tool a chance, too). I choose /dev/sysmouse as my mouse device
> and I've tried different protocols like PS/2, Microsoft compatible, Mouse
> Systems (3-button protocol) etc. Nothing works :~(
>
> So, what am I doing so wrong?
Well, you didn't provide your config file, and I'm not psychic, so I can't
be sure, but here are a few guesses based on common mistakes.
1) If you use /dev/sysmouse, you need to be running the mouse daemon.
If you can use the mouse in a text console, then moused is running.
If not, rerun sysinstall (or edit rc.conf) to enable it.
2) Have you tried the "Auto" protocol? You can manually edit
/etc/X11/XF86Config and make the protocol line:
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
HTH
--
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com
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