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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


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