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From: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Logitech Bus Mouse anyone?
Date: 14 Aug 1995 15:04:03 -0700
Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA
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Message-ID: <40oh8j$sd@seattle.polstra.com>
References: <40nki7$do_001@worldbank.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: seattle.polstra.com
In article <40nki7$do_001@worldbank.org>,
Silviu Marghescu <silviu@worldbank.org> wrote:
> Has anybody been able to get the Logitech bus mouse to work with X?
> If yes, how did you do it?
>
> I think I followed all the necessary steps:
> - added an entry for the mse0 driver to the kernel config file
> - rebuilt the kernel
> - configure XFree86 for Logitech MouseMan
> - reboot
> - made sure there are no irq conflicts
>
> Now, when I start X and move the mouse, the pointer behaves erratically.
It works fine for me. Make sure you specify protocol "Busmouse" in your
XF86Config file:
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "Busmouse"
Device "/dev/mse0"
EndSection
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John Polstra jdp@polstra.com
John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA
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