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Date:      Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:46:55 -0400
From:      Bob Bomar <bulldog@fxp.org>
To:        John Mills <john.m.mills@alum.mit.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mouse Scroll
Message-ID:  <20020418194655.GB88840@peitho.fxp.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204181527160.14517-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>
References:  <3CBF1089.4050401@rs.net.ua> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204181527160.14517-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>

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On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 03:35:25PM -0400, John Mills wrote:
> Hi Kostya -
>=20
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Kostya Odnoralov wrote:
>=20
> > How can I use my mouse scrolling???
>=20
> >From one newbie to another &8-), how did you install your FreeBSD? I just
> went through CDROM installations of 4.0 and 4.5, and each of these had a
> step to test the mouse. Did you do this, and did it work for you?
>=20
> My computer is an old one with the mouse on what would be 'COM1:', and I
> had to choose this. Then I chose the mouse type. Finally I started the
> mouse daemon and verified that the mouse could move. The installation
> program did not detect the mouse buttons, so I still used keystrokes to
> comfirm my results and continue the installation.
>=20
> Then I had a chance to refine my mouse setup as part of setting up
> XFree86. Did you set up XFree86? At that point, the mouse buttons=20
> should actually be detected.
>=20
> (Actually the mouse should work on the text screens, too.)
>=20

In the installation process, the mouse buttons wont actually
do any thing.  Did you specify /dev/cuaa0 (com1) as the mouse=20
device for moused and /dev/sysmouse for X?

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