mouse problems....

[Gary Kline]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 08:43:43AM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
> On 10/11/10 18:31, Polytropon wrote:
> [snip]
> >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"
> 
> I'm not sure that bit about PS/2 mice not being configured
> automatically is true. I run 8.1-RELEASE-p1 on amd64 with a PS/2
> mouse and my /etc/rc.conf contains
> 
> moused_enable="NO"
> moused_nondefault_enable="NO"
> moused_type="NO"
> 
> and X has no problem seeing the mouse. OK, I don't have a mouse in
> console mode, but that's a personal foible of mine. (Well, ASR33s
> didn't have mice did they? :-)


	I didn't realize how nice a GUI can be until I discovered the 
	xterm!  At any rate, my mouse+keyboard are both USB.  Still not
	working with X.... 


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