FreeBSD Mouse Problem - Tried Everything ... Please Help.
Ok, this is attempt two at posting...
Just installed FreeBSD 6 on my laptop. No mouse pointer at all using the trackpad. Have tried endless combinations of settings in rc.conf and my xorg.conf file ... I have turned moused OFF as im less fussed about a mouse on the command line but do want one for X. I read this on another thread which said that X will use its own mouse driver so sorry if this is wrong! Firstly, WHERE SHOULD xorg.conf go? In /etc/X11/xorg.conf Or /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf Also should it be called xorg.conf or xorg.conf.eg ? This is my pointer section in xorg.conf Code:
Section "InputDevice" I have this in rc.conf (I commented the moused lines out to disable it). Code:
usbd_enable="YES" Also for the record, a dmesg says that I have something mouselike at psm0. Code:
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 Also, I only have psm0 and sysmouse in /dev (there is other stuff, but these are the only vaguely mousey things to be found there ... ) I have read the FreeBSD guides and numerous posts, and could really use a some guidance on this ... Thanks. Max. |
Hello,
First, the file should be /etc/X11/xorg.conf Second, it looks like the mouse settings may not be right in the device section of xorg.conf. Did you try to run xorgconfig? There should be listings for various mouse settings, like setting up for the touchpad of a laptop. |
try reconfiguring Xorg and check if your mouse is working from a tty(if not use sysinstall to correct it). To configure the X11 server use
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X -configure |
Thankyou,
I will do this tomorrow when I am back at my machine. The trouble with running xorg config is that I do not have the exact monitor details for the laptop (it was given to me without any manuals). I will try and copy out the details in that file and supply these to the configure utility. Stay tuned and will post my results. Thanks for helping. |
So you really haven't tried everything, have you?
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Excuse me?
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The title of this thread is " FreeBSD Mouse Problem - Tried Everything ... Please Help."
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HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5 http://www.bodgit-n-scarper.com/sony.html You should also check these: http://tuxmobil.org/sony.html http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/sony.html |
hmmmm ok.
Lots of stuff. First up thank you vermaden for the monitor information. I checked out the links you posted and then ran xorgcfg -textmode as suggested by http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...book/book.html This seemed a logical approach to take .... Once this was done and I entered the monitor specs kindly provided and did: Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf (where xorg.conf was the output of xorgcfg). I got a Fatal Screens Error: no screens found. I checked the log files from Xorg.0.log and changed the driver from 'ati' to neomagic and reran Xorg -config. I got the basic black and grey grid with the mouse pointer represented as a big grey square that would not move ... is this an improvement ... ? ;-) I sorted the square problem by adding this: Option "SWCursor" Option "NoRenderExtension" To the Device section of the conf file. Any ideas what next? I specified the mouse as a Glidepoint. Here is the xorg.conf file again ... Code:
gdm is starting a pretty blue screen (Xorg is alive). I still have no mouse ..... :( Any clues? Thank You. p.s. introuble. If you have read this far please do not bother posting anything, just go away. |
Also thought I would add this:
My /etc/rc.conf file has the following: moused_flags="" moused_port="/dev/sysmouse" moused_type="SysMouse" moused_enable="YES" I ran /usr/sbin/sysinstall and specifying the pointer as a Glidepoint made the test app break, and this utility insisted that moused_port="/dev/psm0" moused_type="auto" moused_enable="YES" Was the setup I need (despite a lot of posts saying to contrary) ... More confusion ... |
I fixed it ...
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I fixed it ...
Turned off moused (by commenting out all moused lines in rc.conf) and just let Xorg run its mouse. Specified Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psm0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" # Driver "ati" Driver "neomagic" Option "SWCursor" #This option deals with the big gray square cursor problem. Option "NoRendorExtension" #This option deals with the big gray square cursor problem. EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 16 Option "HWCursor" "Off" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection Thanks to everyone (except the sarcastic idiot). |
I've made a perfectly valid statement. I didn't help you and it's my right to do so.
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I had intended my reply as a joke .. *had* .. before you took it seriously. So now I'm taking it seriously. |
A joke eh?
I love the way people always use that phrase to excuse anything. It goes hand in hand with religion as the ultimate get out clause for anything. It was not a joke, it was rude. I spent a lot of time and trouble trying to figure my problem out and figured I would ask. Your reply was frankly very annoying. Your an odd fellow, looking at my post and taking little pot shots here and there for no real reason. A bit sad, considering your other posts seem pretty interesting. Still, do what ever you want to do. |
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