Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 22:35:34 -0400 From: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu> To: Stephen Hansen <stephen@cerebralmaelstrom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft Intellimice? Message-ID: <396FCDF6.D77B49AD@glue.umd.edu> References: <013901bfede7$6d630f20$0200a8c0@Ryan>
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Stephen Hansen wrote:
> My one big question is actually sort unimportant sounding: Can I use my
> Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer? :-) I /love/ it, dispite the company that
> makes it.. I believe wheelmice have support under X, but I couldn't get the
> old default mouse to work when I was using X under Mandrake.. and those
> Forward/Backwards buttons are rather nice.. though as long as I have my
> mouse and my wheel, I'll be happy.
>
> My understanding is that FreeBSD doesn't support USB mice -- am I right?
> If so, it will work with the USB-to-PS/2 converter, I hope? Beyond that --
> what features of the mouse will work (or, more importantly, not work? )
>
> Erm. I'm suddenly thinking that I should be sending this to some X list,
> and if its offtopic, I apologize, lots.. Just scream and flog and i'll go
> send it to someone who's interested. :)
USB mice are supported, just make sure you have usbd enabled in /etc/rc.conf
(that one screwed me up for a while) and the proper devices compiled into your
kernel. Set X to use /dev/sysmouse instead of /dev/ums0 (took a while to figure
that out too), which means you'll need to run moused as well. FWIW it works
great with the adapter too. This is an excerpt from the pointers section of my
XF86Config file:
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "Buttons" "7"
The in .xinitrc/.xsession I have
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"
since most apps want the wheel on buttons 4 and 5. There's a link in the FAQ for
a page that explains how to set the wheel up for Netscape and various other
programs.
Now the only problem I have is that switching between X and a console freezes
the mouse.
Hope this helps.
-Brandon
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