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Date:      Sun, 7 Apr 2002 10:24:36 -0700
From:      "Beauford" <beauford.2002@rogers.com>
To:        "'Steven Goodwin'" <steve@cit.gu.edu.au>
Cc:        "'FreeBSD'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: XF86Config - HELP!!!
Message-ID:  <000701c1de59$1a3dfc10$6401a8c0@p1>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1020407214026.6650A-100000@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au>

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I took off the Logitec mouse and put on a USB mouse, and I at least got
the mouse to move, but it is eratic and all over the screen. Looks nice,
but useless. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Goodwin [mailto:steve@cit.gu.edu.au] 
> Sent: April 7, 2002 4:49 AM
> To: Beauford
> Cc: FreeBSD
> Subject: Re: XF86Config - HELP!!!
> 
> 
> I don't think xf86config (it think that is the utility) has 
> ever set up my mouse properly under freebsd.  A couple of 
> modifications have always seemed to get it working for me.  
> Firstly, I have the option 
> 
> moused_enable="YES"
> 
> in my /etc/rc.conf file which starts the moused daemon upon 
> boot.  This is not necessary if your mouse is USB and you 
> have the usb daemon start moused for you.  To do this (if you 
> have a usb mouse), add
> 
> usbd_enable="YES" 
> 
> in the same rc.conf file instead.  Now, in the 
> /etc/X11/XF86Config modify the appropriate lines in the 
> InputDevice section to the following
> 
>     Option "Protocol"    "auto"
>     Option "Device"      "/dev/sysmouse"
> 
> And see how you go.
> 
> Good Luck,
> Steve
> 
> 
> On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Beauford wrote:
> 
> > This can't be this hard.  I have run XF86Config at least 
> 200 times and 
> > have tried combination after combination, and I can't even get the 
> > damn mouse to work (Logitec 3 button serial).
> > 
> > I have a Celeron 366 with a SB16, SiS 6236 video card, and 
> an older 14 
> > inch MicroScan SVGA monitor and have put in the proper information 
> > when asked, so I don't have a clue. The biggest problem 
> though is the 
> > mouse. Whenever I run startx it crashes with the lovely "no 
> such file 
> > or directory" error about the mouse - which I don't 
> understand, cause 
> > it is there.
> > 
> > Can anyone shed light on what I might be doing wrong, 'cause I just 
> > don't see it.
> > 
> > I have also tried setting the mouse up in sysinstall and it 
> won't work 
> > there either.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 
> > 
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