Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:35:56 +0100 (CET) From: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> To: Steve Austin <indydog125@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mouse works in XF86Setup, but not after startx... Message-ID: <20011114233417.F493-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net> In-Reply-To: <20011114221620.52462.qmail@web20403.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Steve Austin wrote: > I'm using FreeBSD 4.4 release. I've installed the > default XFree86 from the disks (3.3.6). > > I run XF86Setup, and the mouse works fine, button > clicks, movement, mouse pointer moves all about, etc. > > After exiting the first part of XF86Setup, the second > part which brings up the server (allowing me to choose > to run xvidtune, or save the config to disk) has no > mouse pointer on the screen... > > After getting back to the text screen, and running > startx, same thing - no mouse pointer on the screen. > > Any hints? > > My /etc/XF86Config file looks like: > Section Pointer > Protocol "SysMouse" > Device "/dev/mouse" > ... > > /dev/mouse is a static link to /dev/mouse... Makes sense! Linking something to itself! ;-) Seriously: Either specify your real mouse port (e.g. /dev/psm0) in your XF86Config, or link /dev/mouse to /dev/psm0 (or equivalent on your system). Greetings Nils Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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