dead mouse

[prague]

Hey everyone,

New to FreeBSD coming off of Slackware Linux.

I went through the install okay but the mouse (an optical mouse, non-USB) is dead when i do 'startx'. The mouse should be recognized as a PS/2 but it wasn't. I have edited the XF86Config and changed it to an IMPS/2 and added

Options "Buttons" "5"
Options "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

to the file. This was a fix for Slackware and I thought it may have been the same problem but, still nothing.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[Hendrik Hasenbein]

prague wrote:

I suppose you are using the wrong device. With moused:

Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"

Without (PS/2 mice):

Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psm0"

Hendrik

[Tobias Aigner]

On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 07:13:29 -0400
"prague" <korndis...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone,

Hi,

> I went through the install okay but the mouse (an optical mouse,
> non-USB) is dead when i do 'startx'. The mouse should be recognized as
> a PS/2 but it wasn't. I have edited the XF86Config and changed it to
> an IMPS/2 and added
>
> Options "Buttons" "5"
> Options "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

In my case I have to put these lines in my XF86Config:

Option "Protocol" "SysMouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "ZAXisMapping" "4 5"

And everything works fine for me. Just try it. Protocol Auto doesn't
work here correctly.

--
Tobias Aigner

[Bob Johnson]

On Thursday 08 April 2004 07:13 am, prague <"prague"

<korndis...@hotmail.com>> wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> New to FreeBSD coming off of Slackware Linux.
>
> I went through the install okay but the mouse (an optical mouse,
> non-USB) is dead when i do 'startx'. The mouse should be recognized
> as a PS/2 but it wasn't. I have edited the XF86Config and changed it
> to an IMPS/2 and added

It may help to post your actual configuration, since you haven't given
enough information to tell what it is.

>
> Options "Buttons" "5"
> Options "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>
> to the file. This was a fix for Slackware and I thought it may have
> been the same problem but, still nothing.
>
> Any ideas?

I've found that in recent X11 releases, the FreeBSD mouse driver
(moused) doesn't seem to play well. I don't use it, and I let X manage
the mouse directly. For most mice, the "auto" protocol determination
works fine, e.g.

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psm0"

EndSection

The advantage of the mouse driver is that it lets you cut and paste when
you are using a text console (i.e. not using X).

- Bob