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Date:      Sat, 26 Jul 1997 21:34:24 +0000
From:      Vladimir Kushnir <kushn@olinet.isf.kiev.ua>
To:        Joshua Fielden <shaggy@houseofduck.dyn.ml.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: moused problems...
Message-ID:  <33DA6D60.41C67EA6@olinet.isf.kiev.ua>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970726032918.340A-100000@houseofduck.dyn.ml.org>

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Joshua Fielden wrote:
> 
> .... I've searched the FAQ, etc up and down, and didn't find anythign that
> quite fit my problem:
> 
> upon boot-up, moused runs from rc.conf, and gives no errors. ps -ax
> confirms the daemon is running with the flags I wish. But I don't get a
> cursor at all. The man page does not say anything special needs to be done
> once the daemon is running, so I assume there's something I'm missing.
> the appropriate snippet from rc.conf:
> 
> moused_type="mousesystems"      # I have a ms three-button mouse, this
>                                 # setting works for XF86.
> moused_port="/dev/cuaa0"        # again, X is happy with this, no
>                                 # conflicts with another port/dev
> moused_flags="-s"               # tried this and -S 9600
> 
> Is there something more that needs to be done, or do I have a problem
> that's a little more sinister?
> 
> JF
You've got to turn it on:

vidcontrol -m on

Hope this helps,
Vladimir



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