From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 28 22:24:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA09873 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:24:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from europa.com (thetics.europa.com [199.2.194.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA09777 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:23:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nesius@europa.com) Received: from [204.202.55.93](dialup-B093.europa.com[204.202.55.93]) (2872 bytes) by europa.com via sendmail with P:esmtp/R:inet_hosts/T:smtp (sender: ) id for ; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:23:57 -0800 (PST) (Smail-3.2.0.98 1997-Oct-16 #2 built 1997-Oct-19) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 23:30:21 -0800 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Robert Nesius Subject: Mouse Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greetings, I've spent several hours over the past few days trying to get my mouse recognized by the xserver on my freebsd box. Alas, my efforts to this point have been unsuccessful and I must avail myself of the resources this list has to offer. My thanks in advance. :) Details: P133 with DB9 serial port interface for mouse. The mouse: Logitech 3-button mouse with ps/2 bus connector attached to the DB9 port using an adapter. The OS: FreeBSD 2.2.6. Problem - mouse not recognized by X server. Can't get cursor to move during XF86Setup. What I've tried: I would like to use moused. I've configured moused to point at /dev/cuaa0, and have linked /dev/mouse to /dev/sysmouse. I've specified the moused_protocol in rc.conf to be many things, including ps/2, logitech, busmouse, mouseman, etc... With ps/2 as the protocol, moused complains about a "-t" option. I have specified NO options in the rc.conf file in the moused options area. I /have/ insured that ps2 driver support has been built into the kernel. With 'logitech' specified as the protocol, moused seems to come up cleanly, although I really don't know how to confirm if moused has attached to a device and recognized it as a mouse. In XF86Setup, I have tried to specify the protocol as just about every possibility available, with the device either being /dev/cuaa0 (probably not the right thing to do with moused running), or as /dev/mouse. Also, I've tried several combinations of options without moused. For some reason, I just can't get the cursor to move after hitting the "Apply" button. At this point I'm wondering if: a) Anyone else has tried to get a logitech mouse with a DB9 adapter running under this version of 2.2.6. b) If anyone knows if the adapter is forcing the logitech mouse to look like an ordinary serial mouse, or a real ps/2 mouse, or logitech mouse, or what? c) How can I confirm that moused really found a device to talk to? d) How can I confirm that cuaa0 is really the device to point moused at? I searched the FAQs and mailing lists. I feel that I have an intuitive understanding of what's happening, but I just can't get things to go. Thanks again for your assistance. :) -Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Nesius | "A mind is a terrible thing to waste someone with." nesius@europa.com | --Unknown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message