Re: A4Tech mouse problem solved (but strangely!)

From: Scot Hetzel (swhetzel_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/28/05

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To: "Justin R. Smith" <jsmith@drexel.edu>

    On 11/26/05, Justin R. Smith <jsmith@drexel.edu> wrote:
    > I had a problem with the mouse wheel being detected on my wireless
    > A4Tech mouse. It is supposed to emulate a generic Intellimouse.
    >
    > The solution is to run moused with NO type parameter. A parameter of
    > "auto" or "ps/2" or "microsoft" won't work. You must have a command line of:
    >
    > /usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/psm0
    >
    > (with NO -t parameter)
    > Unfortunately, one cannot use the automatic scripts in rc.conf to do
    > this because they always use a parameter and fill in "microsoft" if one
    > leaves the mouse type blank.
    >
    Make the following changes to /etc/rc.d/moused

    Add this if statement before "echo -n "Starting ${ms} moused:"

    :
    fi

    if "${mytype}" == "NONE" ; then
               mytype=""
    fi

    echo -n "Starting ${ms} moused:"
    :

    Then change:

    /usr/sbin/moused ${myflags} -p ${myport} -t ${mytype} ${_pidarg}

    to

    /usr/sbin/moused ${myflags} -p ${myport} ${mytype:+-t} ${mytype} ${_pidarg}

    Now add to /etc/rc.conf:

    moused_psm0_type="NONE"
    or
    moused_type="NONE"

    ${mytype:+-t} will modify the commands flags only, when ${mytype} is
    unset or null, null is substituted; otherwise -t substituted.

    I haven't checked if this works, but if you could make the changes,
    verify that it works for you and submit a PR with the patch.

    Scot 

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