Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 22:18:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Litzinger <brian@MediaCity.com> To: sparkles@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert James Williamson) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: My mouse and xfree86 don't get along Message-ID: <199605190518.WAA12686@MediaCity.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.93.960515141854.20074F-100000@elaine18.Stanford.EDU> from Robert James Williamson at "May 15, 96 02:19:35 pm"
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Robert James Williamson wrote: > > Murray mentioned you might be a good person to ask a few questions > about FreeBSD. If not, could you possibly forward this to anyone you know > who might have the ansers I'm looking for? I forwarded your question on to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. Those of you reading freebsd-questions should note that Robert isn't subscribed to the list and will thus need a response to his email address below. > > We're trying to bring up a freeBSD box. The biggest problem so far > is that we bring up the X server/client system (xfree86), and it just > hangs. I think it's something to do with the mouse, because we've just > specified /dev/mouse for the mouse driver. We have a bus mouse, and we've > set all the params properly in xf86config, but we haven't filled in any of > the make/model text strings (those don't seem to get used at all). So when > we bring up X, we get the cursor and the standard backdrop stipple on the > screen, but the mouse cursor won't move at all. We've tried switching to > /dev/mse0, and that seems to cause the entire system to reboot in the > middle of starting up X. We don't even get to the stipple screen, nor do > we get a cursor. Maybe you know what our problem is or can recommend how > we might be able to find out more information. We haven't found a phone > number for dev support at FreeBSD, maybe there isn't one. We've tried > emailing their tech support group, but we haven't heard a response for > several days, so we can only assume they don't tackle questions on a case > by case basis. What is the address of their tech supp group? I didn't know they had one. To answer your question it would be helpful to know which version of FreeBSD and XFree86 you are running. Are you certain you should me using mse0 rather than psm0? > Well, thanks in advance for any help you can offer! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Robert James Williamson #include <ASCI_Pic.h> > sparkles@leland.stanford.edu #include <Witty_Phrase.h> > HTTP://www-leland.stanford.edu/~sparkles/ #include <Soft_Sell.h> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Brian Litzinger Powered by FreeBSD <brian@mediacity.com> http[s]://www.mpress.com
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