Re: Mouse problems

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:40:29 -0700 (PDT) Matthew Dillon wrote:
:>     You can't run moused *and* have X try to access the mouse directly.
:Why?
:
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:glenda@insomniac:~$ ps auxw | grep moused
:root     712  0,0  0,2   908  460  ??  ILs  Wto13     0:52,81 /usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/psm0 -t auto
:glenda@insomniac:~$ ps auxw | grep X
:glenda 31950  0,0  0,1   656  288  v7  IL+  15:47     0:00,02 /bin/sh /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
:root   31965  0,0 24,1 80784 62252  ??  IL   15:47    28:08,55 X :0 -nolisten tcp (Xorg)
:glenda@insomniac:~$ grep mouse /etc/rc.conf
:moused_type="auto"
:moused_enable="YES"
:glenda@insomniac:~$ grep mouse /etc/X11/xorg.conf
:    Driver                      "mouse"
:    Option                      "Device"        "/dev/sysmouse"
:glenda@insomniac:~$
:===
:
:It works all the time.
:
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:Bartek Stalewski // werbat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    X isn't using the mouse directly, it's using the /dev/sysmouse which
    is what moused drives.

    i.e. you can use moused and then have X use /dev/sysmouse, or you
    can have X use the PS/2 driver (/dev/psm0) directly, but you can't
    run moused AND have X use the PS/2 driver directly.

    I usually use moused when I have a USB mouse, otherwise I tend to prefer
    to have X use /dev/psm0 directly.  But it should work either way.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>