Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 19:33:55 -0400 From: "Tom Gottheil" <tom@gottheil.com> To: "'Beech Rintoul'" <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org>, "'Goran Runfeldt'" <goranrunfeldt@home.se>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Keyboard and mouse problems Message-ID: <000001c0e573$2a8cbc80$0200a8c0@humbaba> In-Reply-To: <01052514260400.00756@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org>
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> > On Friday 25 May 2001 14:09, Goran Runfeldt wrote: > > I'm having some problems with my mouse in FreeBSD 4.3 > > I have a "Logitech Cordless MouseMan" mouse. > > When I use moused and configure X to use /dev/sysmouse with > protocol > > "SysMouse" the mouse behaves very strange. The left button gets > > pressed whenever i move the mouse. Here is my config: > > > > rc.conf: > > moused_type="auto" (or "intellimouse", same problem with both) > > moused_enable="YES" moused_port="/dev/psm0" > > > > XF86Config: > > Identifier "Mouse0" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "Protocol" "SysMouse" > > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > > Option "Buttons" "5" > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > > > I'm using XFree86-4.0.3_3 compiled with > "WITH_MATROX_GXX_DRIVER". My > > windowmanager is fvwm-2.3.32. > > > > I have tried to get around this but then I stumbled on > another "bug". > > If I turn off moused and configure X to use /dev/psm0 with protocol > > "Auto" the mouse works fine (mostly, see below) in X. > However, when I > > am in textmode the keyboard sometimes just stops to function. This > > happens randomly, and only when in textmode. The console > stays in this > > frozen mode for a random amount of time, usually from 5 > seconds to 5 > > minutes. I can login to the box via the network and do > 'vidcontrol -s > > 11 < /dev/ttyv0' which will switch me back into X, if I then switch > > back to textmode everything works again. I have NOT pressed Scroll > > Lock, the text-cursor is still there. When the console gets back to > > normal the keypresses that I have made don't show up. This _never_ > > happens when I have moused running, and removing "-m" from > > allscreens_flags in rc.conf doesn't help either. This happens both > > when I am running X in the "background" and when X isn't > running. My > > keyboard is a "Logitech Cordless Desktop Pro". > > > > Another thing, it happens quite often that I get this kernelmessage: > > --- > > /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0000 != 0008). > > last message repeated 125 times > > --- > > It usually happens directly on boot and continues until I > reboot, then > > I might have the same problem again or the problem might be > gone. When > > I use the mouse in X while these messages show up, with or without > > moused, the mouse gets extremely sensitive and fly around > from corner > > to corner, clicking buttons randomly, in other words, it gets > > unusable. Same thing with moused in console, the > mousepointer just fly > > around the screen, copying and pasting randomly. > > > > Please CC me when replying. > > Goran Runfeldt > > I had the same problem. If you are using ps/2 switch it over > to USB. There is > a correct driver in USB for that setup. I was never able to > get able to get > the mouse working properly in ps/2. Check either GENERIC or > LINT if USB isn't > in your kernel. > > Beech > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Beech Rintoul - IT Manager - Instructor - > akbeech@anchoragerescue.org > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission > \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | P.O. Box 230510 > X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99523-0510 > / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > You could also change the mouse to /dev/psm0 and disable moused in /etc/rc.conf. That's what worked for me with a similar mosue (same problem) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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