Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 11:16:16 -0500 From: Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> To: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 4.1.0 and IntelliMouse Message-ID: <3C0BA550.3000908@magpage.com> References: <20011203040824.B35129@blossom.cjclark.org>
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Crist J . Clark wrote: > I thought I would give XFree86 4.1.0 a try. It all went pretty well > except for one problem, my mouse is being freaky. The mouse runs fine > under XFree86 3.3.6 and on a VTY, but when I start XFree86 4.1.0, the > cursor gravitates towards one corner of the screen (usually the > upper-left) and just kind of sticks there. If I make some violent > movements with the mouse, the cursor may move across the screen for a > moment, but then it returns. > > The mouse is a plain ol' M$ IntelliMouse. I've tried telling the > /etc/X11/XF86Config that it is uses both "IntelliMouse" and the "PS/2" > "Protocol"s, but neither works. Just for completeness, I've attached > my XF86Config file. There seems to be nothing unusual in the > diagnostic messages for the mouse the server prints to the console as > X starts up. > > Anyone have ideas what I need to do or what might be the problem? > My intellimouse works as advertised using XFree86 4.1.0_6 and this in /etc/X11/XF86Config: Section "InputDevice" # Identifier and driver Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psm0" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection hope this helps. good luck! -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> Tel: 302-239-5900 Ext. 231 Systems Administrator Fax: 302-239-3909 MAGPAGE, We Power the Internet WWW: http://www.magpage.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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