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Date:      Sun, 31 Mar 2002 13:43:19 -0500
From:      "Vikas Gandhi" <tandoori@india.com>
To:        <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: USB Mouse in X11
Message-ID:  <000201c1d8e3$f0484b10$f3002a18@cr478760a>
In-Reply-To: <20020331183812.GA229@bsdprophet.org>

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No need to be so fierce. I have read the manual...theres nothing about
usb mice in there...

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Scott Corey
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 1:38 PM
To: Vikas Gandhi
Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: USB Mouse in X11

First off this isn't -questions.

On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 01:26:58PM -0500, Vikas Gandhi wrote:
> Hi guys!
>  
> I first tried installing FreeBSD from the mini.iso, however I couldn't
> get XF86 working, so I tried the full install iso. I've installed

that makes since, it's not on the mini.iso.

> XF864.1 and run XFree86 -configure. It's detected my radeon, but now I

fine, this puts a file into your /root (You did run it as root, right?)
of XF86Config.new.

Did you follow the instructions in the handbook to complete the
configuration process?

> get 2 errors, one is that it says I only have 256kb of video memory
and
> it cant load the screens (I've tried changing this with xfree86
> configure) and it can't detect my mouse. I've also tried XF86Setup and

XF86Setup is ONLY for XFree86 3.3.6, it WILL not  work with 4.x
versions.

> put /dev/usbmouse as my mouse.but to no avail. If anyone knows what to
> do to fix either problem or both, please help me :-)
>  

So doing all of this has done nothing, right? I would recommend that YOU
do a LITTLE checking on the handbook, and I'll be nice and give you the
url.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html
 
> Thanks!
> -Vikas

-- 
Scott B. Corey
scott@bsdprophet.org
irc.openprojects.net #bsdprophet

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