Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 02:33:38 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: Adam Flaherty <adamf@ozonline.com.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mouse under X Message-ID: <20031105013338.GA13699@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <20031104141428.GI621@npkfbsd> References: <DB4B2076-0D30-11D8-8560-000393D14C06@ozonline.com.au> <20031104004831.GC4037@dds.nl> <20031104141428.GI621@npkfbsd>
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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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