X + mouse + resolution = splat!

Marat N.Afanasyev amarat at ksu.ru
Sat Jul 28 15:58:04 UTC 2007


Neskia Moo wrote:
> Alright, hello all you BSDer people.
> I'm a newbie, flame me, love me, cherish me, hate me..
> 
> I just installed FreeBSD 6.2 and was configuring X
> well, xorg -configure or the like commands didnt work
> ended up having to go with xorgconfig
> 
> I then had a problem that didnt really make sense.
> if the resolution is 640x480, everything works normally.
> If i use a higher resolution (which i want to , to be able to multitask
> reasonably, or even just use a browser to fit the screen) the mouse fails,
> it shoots up to the top right side of the screen and stays there.. some
> times opening the menu when i try to move it.
> 
> this makes no sense to me, because i cant see how the video drivers and
> mouse drivers would effect each other.. anyone else ever heard of a problem
> like this?
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change mouse protocol to "Auto" in xorg.conf
i.e.

Section "InputDevice"
	...
	Option "Protocol"    "Auto"
	...
EndSection

-- 
SY, Marat


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