Re: Mouse under X

From: Alex de Kruijff (freebsd_at_akruijff.dds.nl)
Date: 11/05/03

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    Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 02:33:38 +0100
To: Adam Flaherty <adamf@ozonline.com.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG

    On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 08:14:28AM -0600, Nathan Kinkade wrote:
    > On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 01:48:31AM +0100, Alex de Kruijff wrote:
    > > On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 10:34:09PM +1000, Adam Flaherty wrote:
    > > > Hello,
    > > >
    > > > I have recently installed FreeBSD 4.8 and am having trouble getting my
    > > > PS/2 mouse to work with X11/ Gnome. The mouse works when setting up
    > > > moused with /stand/sysinstall and xf86cfg but when gnome loads any
    > > > mouse movement translates into the cursor moving to the top right of
    > > > the screen. I have tried the various protocols under xf86cfg and
    > > > followed the instructions in the FAQ that suggest adding lines to the
    > > > config file, and also linking /dev/mouse and /dev/sysmouse. I am at a
    > > > loss so any help would be highly appreciated.
    > > >
    > >
    > > This also enable a mouse wheel if you have one.
    > >
    > > This is my setup:
    > > /etc/rc.conf:
    > > moused_flags="-a .4"
    > > moused_enable="YES"
    > > moused_port="/dev/psm0"
    > > moused_type="auto"
    > >
    > > /etc/X11/XF86Config:
    > > Section "InputDevice"
    > > Identifier "Mouse0"
    > > Driver "mouse"
    > > Option "Protocol" "auto"
    > > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
    > > Option "Buttons" "5"
    > > Option
    > > "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    > > EndSection
    >
    > FWIW:
    > On my own system - 5.1-RELEASE - I have found that if I pass the '-a 4'
    > argument to moused, that adding the ZAxisMapping declaration to
    > XF86Config causes the mouse wheel to not work. When passing '-a 4' to
    > moused I only declare "Options Buttons 5" in XF86Config and the mouse
    > wheel works as expected.

    This could be a bug in proberly moused. I'm affraid I can't tell you any
    more than that. It works on 4.x. 

    -- 
Alex
Articles based on solutions that I use:
http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/
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