[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm having troubles configuring my mouse for the X server. > So, here's my story. I have a PIII 950MHz box with 128MB RAM. I have > Windows98 on it and right now I'm turning it to dual boot with FreeBSD > 4.7-Release being the second o.s. > > The installation itself went easy but setting up the X server has been > terrible. Am I the only person who thinks this is a very tiresome and > user-unfriendly procedure?
No. X config is a pain. > I have a very ordinary PS/2, 3-buttons mouse but I have tried others, too > (one with 2 buttons, one with a scroll button). Nothing seems to work. > The pointer sticks to the right upper corner and just goes nuts with > continuous clicks. > > For the X server configuration I use xf86config (even though, I gave the > graphical tool a chance, too). I choose /dev/sysmouse as my mouse device > and I've tried different protocols like PS/2, Microsoft compatible, Mouse > Systems (3-button protocol) etc. Nothing works :~( > > So, what am I doing so wrong? Well, you didn't provide your config file, and I'm not psychic, so I can't be sure, but here are a few guesses based on common mistakes. 1) If you use /dev/sysmouse, you need to be running the mouse daemon. If you can use the mouse in a text console, then moused is running. If not, rerun sysinstall (or edit rc.conf) to enable it. 2) Have you tried the "Auto" protocol? You can manually edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and make the protocol line: Option "Protocol" "Auto" HTH -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
