Grey Wolf wrote:

> I don't have "wsmouse" available as a choice -- under xf86-3.3, that's
> what i use now.  It's not there under 4.0.1 for me.

  Why is that.  An out-of-the-box 4.0.1 should nicely support
"wsmouse".  You cannot use your old XF86Config (from XFree86-3.3.x),
because several options have changed.  Here is the relevant part of my
config:


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "wsmouse"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/wsmouse0"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

#    Option "Protocol"  "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

#    Option "BaudRate"  "9600"
#    Option "SampleRate"        "150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

#    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
#    Option "Emulate3Timeout"    "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

#    Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection


> Have I forgotten a patch or something?

  No patch should be necessary.  Maybe you were trying to use 'Driver
"wsmouse"' instead of 'Driver "mouse"' together with 'Option "Protocol"
"wsmouse"'?

  Cheers
      ,
   Rene