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Subject: Re: USB mouse support
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Mark Ovens wrote:

>On Sat November 27 2004 22:26, Trey Sizemore wrote:
>  
>
>>Mark Ovens wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Trey Sizemore wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>I've just installed FreeBSD 5.3 on my desktop machine (P4 2.8GHz with
>>>>512MB RAM) and cannot get my mouse pointer to move in KDE.  It is a
>>>>Microsoft Wireless Optical 2.0 mouse (USB) and I have the following
>>>>section in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
>>>>
>>>>Driver "mouse"
>>>>Option "Protocol" "Auto"
>>>>Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>>>>Option "Buttons" "7"
>>>>Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>>>
>>>>I have installed FreeBSD from the disc 1 ISO file and installed
>>>>everything by default.  I have not done a kernel recomple at this point.
>>>>
>>>>Is this an issue with my xorg.conf file or a USB issue that requires
>>>>a kernel recompile?  I did not see anything helpful in the Using X11
>>>>in the manual.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>They don't work :-( I have to run mine on PS/2 via an adaptor. There
>>>is a patch in http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/70607 to
>>>fix this. I tried the first version of the patch; the mouse worked but
>>>there were other problems. There have been several modifications done
>>>to the patch since then that I haven't tried.
>>>      
>>>
>>I've just tried mine by using the PS/2 adaptor and it's not working here
>>either.  The light on the 'base station' doesn't stay on.  Is your
>>xorg.conf different than mine?
>>
>>    
>>
>
>Slightly:
>
>    Identifier  "Mouse1"
>    Driver      "mouse"
>    Option "Protocol"    "sysmouse"
>    Option "Device"      "/dev/sysmouse"
>
>    Option    "Buttons" "5"
>    Option    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>
>I don't use the tiltwheel - it annoys me - hence Buttons set to 5
>  
>
Hmmm...not sure why mine's not working then.  Is your mouse the wireless 
version?  Mine says Microsoft Wireless Mouse 2.0 (it's kind of a light 
purple color ).

Thanks.