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| author | Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-04-11 15:45:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-04-11 15:45:35 +0000 |
| commit | 0c4b5d07eb4654fb5830d8ef5810526978731649 (patch) | |
| tree | 49e92ddbfec6c627167fde78997a67c0fae6050c | |
| parent | 1cd285474bdbd0472bfbee030fc00d4c17bf6c5a (diff) | |
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diff --git a/FAQ/FAQ.sgml b/FAQ/FAQ.sgml index a69058a1e2..59a545e8c7 100644 --- a/FAQ/FAQ.sgml +++ b/FAQ/FAQ.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN"> -<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.13.2.9 1997-04-10 21:28:16 jkh Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.13.2.10 1997-04-11 15:45:35 brian Exp $ --> <article> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <author>Maintainer: Peter da Silva <tt><htmlurl url='mailto:pds@FreeBSD.ORG' name='<pds@FreeBSD.ORG>'></tt> -Last updated: <date>$Date: 1997-04-10 21:28:16 $</date> +Last updated: <date>$Date: 1997-04-11 15:45:35 $</date> <abstract> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are @@ -1606,6 +1606,42 @@ options "CMD640" <ref id="xinside" name="on Xaccel"> for more details. <sect1> + <heading>Why doesn't my mouse work with X</heading> + + <p> + If you are using syscons (the default console driver), you can + configure FreeBSD to support a mouse pointer on each virtual + screen. In order to avoid conflicting with X, syscons supports + a virtual device called ``<tt>sysmouse</tt>''. All mouse events + received from the real mouse device are written to the sysmouse + device, using the MouseSystems protocol. If you wish to use your + mouse on one or more virtual consoles, <bf/and/ use X, the + following configuration is recommended: + + <verb> + /etc/sysconfig: + mousedtype=ps/2 # or whatever your actual type is + mousedport=/dev/psm0 # or whatever your real port is + + /etc/XF86Config + Section Pointer + Protocol "MouseSystems" + Device "/dev/sysmouse" + ..... + </verb> + + <p> + Some people prefer to use ``<tt>/dev/mouse</tt>'' under X. To + make this work, ``<tt>/dev/mouse</tt>'' should be linked to + ``<tt>/dev/sysmouse</tt>'': + + <verb> + cd /dev + rm -f mouse + ln -s sysmouse mouse + </verb> + + <sect1> <heading>ghostscript gives lots of errors with my 386/486SX.<label id="emul"></heading> <p> |