Subject: Re: Mouse loses control
To: Sung N. Cho <sucho2@vt.edu>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/03/2002 23:33:45
On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 05:28:43PM +0000, Sung N. Cho wrote:
> Hello, Manuel.
>
> No, it seems PS/2 mouse works fine under NetBSD but only my USB mouse
> have that problem. I just recompiled kernel with both PS/2 and USB
> mouse support and wsmux off. To select PS/2 mouse, I just choose
> /dev/wsmouse0 in XF86Config and to select USB mouse, I set /dev/wsmouse1
> in XF86Config. PS/2 mouse is very stable and solid. But USB mouse has
> that random instability of dragging, etc. I don't think it's broken
> since it works solid in both Linux and Windows98.
>
> I would hope to use USB mouse since that's an optical one, therefore,
> don't have to clean the wheels etc. :(
Well, this looks like a bug in the USB driver, but I don't know much about
that part. Maybe you should submit a PR.
> Does having wsmux in kernel
> selectively choose USB mouse over PS/2 mouse when both are enabled in
> kernel? Thank you.
with wsmux, enents from both mouses are mixed, so you can use either
the PS/2 or the USB mouse.
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 23 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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