Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:16:05 -1000 From: al plant <noc@hdk5.net> To: David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: operation not permitted on entropy file Message-ID: <53EAAE45.7000005@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <20140812234321.GB25757@home.parts-unknown.org> References: <20140810124433.da498898.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140810224038.GD24036@home.parts-unknown.org> <20140811101822.41851cc7.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140811142707.GA10186@home.parts-unknown.org> <CA%2BtpaK2RC0w7Y4etxs%2Byx59_gAURNEtB38h=sV8pEFkBRWVFWQ@mail.gmail.com> <20140811171653.b7c60e58.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140811153535.GA30506@home.parts-unknown.org> <20140811183912.ef0f20a6.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140812023229.GB84770@home.parts-unknown.org> <20140812073141.217954e3.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140812234321.GB25757@home.parts-unknown.org>
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David Benfell wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 07:31:41AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
>
>> No, Scroll Lock is a fully normal key that does what is
>> printed on the keycap. Why so surprised? ;-)
>>
>>
> Because when I hit the up arrow key in my shell, it understands this
> as recalling (successively) previous command(s) in my shell history.
>
> I guess the difference here must be that I normally use zsh rather
> than sh?
>
>>> Wouldn't the copy and paste operation require moused? I have an issue
>>> here because I haven't figured out how to get moused to recognize my
>>> USB mouse (which is strange: it does this just fine on my notebook).
>>>
>> Yes, moused would need to be enabled, so the console can
>> provide mouse support. It's quite handy for transfering
>> text from one virtual terminal to another. By the way,
>> left-doubleclick selects words, left-tripleclick selects
>> the whole line, and left-click selects start + right-click
>> selects end of a region. It works with _any_ program.
>>
>>
> Cool, but for some reason it was refusing to recognize /dev/ums0, even
> though the device was present on the system. I looked around for
> configuration bits, but didn't find any. Unless somebody sends me an
> old serial mouse, the only type of mouse that will ever be plugged
> into this system will be USB. This system doesn't even have connectors
> for the mouse and keyboard connectors that were common 15 years ago
> (and I don't have any of those mice laying around either).
>
> For what it's worth, the hald/ubus conglomeration *does* recognize the
> mouse.
>
> Thanks!
Aloha ,
> Check with Logitech on line for strange mice. I got a bunch of adapters from them that I use if I get an old box that needs serial or whatever mice. I think some other new mice with work with the adapters as well. Wireless may work for you too.
>
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