Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:04:56 -0500 From: Frank Laszlo <laszlof@vonostingroup.com> To: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mouse dead on FreeBSD but not on Windows Message-ID: <43BA9298.3090604@vonostingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <20060103140216.GA388@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <20060103140216.GA388@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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Fernan Aguero wrote: > Hi! > > I've a dual boot machine, which was running FreeBSD-5.4 (now > 6.0p1) and WinXP. It has a cheap PS/2 mouse (Biswal is the > brand, but I guess it's just a generic mouse, details at the > bottom). > > In Windows it works flawlessly ... wheel included. It's been > running for months. In FreeBSD it never worked. I don't know > if I'm doing something wrong ... this machine is the first > box in which I installed 5.x so perhaps there are some > configuration differences from 4.x tham I'm unaware of? > > Any help would be appreciated (of course I can go buy > another cheap mouse ... but I'm intrigued now). > > The details: > > dmesg says: > psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 > psm0: [GIANT LOCKED] > psm0: model Intellimouse, device ID 3 > > moused says: > moused -i all -p /dev/psm0 > /dev/psm0 ps/2 sysmouse Intellimouse > > I've tried to run 'vidcontrol -m on' and then 'moused -p > /dev/psm0 -t auto/sysmouse' and I never get an arrow on the > screen. > > I've got X installed with gnome and when booting I always > get a black arrow in the xdm login screen that I cannot move > with the mouse. I also tried to tweak my Xorg.conf file to > no avail. > > My custom kernel has the following (I quote what I guess > it's relevant, do ask for more detail if neccessary): > device atkbdc > device atkbd > device psm > > I just cvsuped against RELENG_6_0 and rebuilt the world and > kernel. All the base system is now 6.0p1, and now I need to > rebuild all ports ... but apart from that the mouse is still > dead on FreeBSD. > > Again thanks for any help, > > fernan > > Are you using moused, or Xorg's mouse daemon? please send the applicable section from your xorg.conf. Thanks __________________________________________________ Frank Laszlo System Administrator The VonOstin Group Email: laszlof@tvog.net WWW: http://www.vonostingroup.com Mobile: 248-863-7584
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