Xserver mouse won't work

[freebsd at mail.gr]

Hi again to all and thanks to Bill and Michael who helped me out.

Setting the "Auto" protocol in /etc/X11/XF86Config did it! Simple as that! 
Still cannot understand why it went wrong, though, but now it works and I 
am happy.
Can't thank you enough, Bill :^) 
Dimitris


Óôßò Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:04:37 -0400 Bill Moran Ýãñáøå:

> freebsd at mail.gr 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

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