Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 15:22:24 +0200 From: Andreas Ntaflos <ant@overclockers.at> To: chris <neo@uclink.berkeley.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new user woes Message-ID: <20020712132224.GA372@Deadcell.ant> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020712013620.00af8478@uclink.berkeley.edu> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020712013620.00af8478@uclink.berkeley.edu>
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On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 01:41:59AM -0700, chris wrote: > Hello, two things, > > One, I have an extended fat32 partition on the same drive (ide) that > FreeBSD 4.6 is installed on. I have tried mounting it with 'mount -t msdos > /dev/ad0s5 /mnt', but only to get a 'Device not configured' error. Could you post the output of `mount`? I've once had troubles too with mounting fat32 partitions since the slice-numbering often turns out to be different from what you might expect. > Second, I'm having difficulty getting my mouse to work properly in X. It > works in the console, but when I load either kde or gnome, the moment i > move the mouse the slightest bit, it jumps to the topleft corner of the > screen, sometimes opening a menu on the desktop. It does not respond to > mouse clicks, and moving the mouse does not do much. It is a USB MS > Intellimouse optical. I have also tried using a generic ps/2 mouse, but I > get the same error. > For moused in console use: "moused -p /dev/ums0" or set the appropriate values in /etc/rc.conf. For X use: "Options" "Protocol" "Auto" "Options" "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" see `man 5 XF86Config`. This should get the USB mouse working in both X and the console. HTH regards -- Andreas "ant" Ntaflos ant@overclockers.at Vienna, AUSTRIA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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