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Date:      Sat, 01 Nov 1997 12:44:22 +0600
From:      Eugeny Kuzakov <Eugeny.Kuzakov@lab321.ru>
To:        neswold@fnal.gov
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: moused & XFree86
Message-ID:  <345ACFC6.21ECBEA6@lab321.ru>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971031084809.3220B-100000@spiv.fnal.gov>

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Richard M. Neswold wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Eugeny Kuzakov wrote:
> 
> ? One question: how can integrate moused and XFree86 ?  When I runs moused,
> ? XFree86 has problems with access to mouse...
> 
> First get 'moused' to work. See the man page for the types of supported
> mice, the port designation, etc. Once you've loaded 'moused' with the
> appropriate arguments, test it out:
> 
Ok.
moused -t microsoft -p /dev/mouse,
where /dev/mouse -> /dev/cuaa0
>         vidcontrol -m on
moused works.
> 
> If the mouse appears to be functional, you can now try to get it to work
> with X. I don't remember where I read this, but the "secret" to getting this
> to work with X is to realize that the 'moused' daemon outputs the
> MouseSystems mouse protocol on /dev/sysmouse. So no matter what type of
> mouse you have, always configure X to use the MouseSystems protocol on
> /dev/sysmouse.
Cut from /etc/XF86config:
># **********************************************************************        
># Pointer section                                                               
># **********************************************************************        
>                                                                                
>Section "Pointer"                                                               
>    Protocol    "MouseSystems"                                                     
>    Device      "/dev/sysmouse"                                                    

Results: mouse under X drags, but buttons not works or works
incorrectly.
:<

10tx for respond.

-- 
	Best wishes, Eugeny Kuzakov
		Laboratory 321 ( Omsk, Russia )
		http://www.lab321.ru/~kev
		kev@lab321.ru



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