Mouse not working with XFree86

[JMJ_coder]

Hello,

I am having trouble getting the mouse to move under X - X starts, but the mouse doesn't move. The mouse cursor appears, but it doesn't move around like it should. The mouse is just a cheap HP PS/2 ball mouse with a scroll wheel. The server is XFree86 4.5.0. My mouse section for XF86Config is:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse1"
    Driver     "mouse"
    Option     "Protocol" "wsmouse"
    Option     "Device"   "/dev/wsmouse"
EndSection

I suspect that the issue is with the protocol, but I'm not certain. I have tried PS/2, BusMouse, Auto, SysMouse, IMPS/2, Microsoft, IntelliMouse, Logitech, I probably tried one or two others that I can't recall.

X starts up (which won't happen if I change the device - I've tried), the mouse cursor appears, but it won't move.


Any suggestions?

[JMJ_coder]

Hello,

I dug around my log files for Slackware (which has protocol set to "auto" in the configuration file) and found that the protocol used is ExplorerPS/2. So I set the protocol in NetBSD to ExplorerPS/2, and I get:

Mouse1: protocol "ExplorerPS/2" is not supported on this platform

Why isn't supported (XFree86's website says it is, but it also says to use device "wsmouse0" which will cause X to crash - device not found; I have to use "wsmouse"), I don't know? I also don't know why the configuration program will allow me to select protocols that aren't supported by the platform.

[JMJ_coder]

Hello,

O.K., so further digging has come up with this:

I think the problem is that NetBSD is not detecting the PS/2 mouse port. I used another mouse via USB and it worked. If I plug it in to the PS/2 port, it doesn't. Nor does dmesg reveal any information at all about a mouse. So why don't I just use the USB mouse all the time - because if I try to boot with it plugged in the USB port I get this boot time panic:

panic: ohci_softintr: addr 0x000dld70
stopped at        netbsd:cpu_Debugger+0x4:    popl    %ebp

So, I have two errors, I can't detect the PS/2 port and I can't boot with a USB mouse. I would like to get to the bottom of both of them, first and foremost - and hopefully easiest - detecting the PS/2 port.

[kasse]

I too have the same problem with NetBSD 4.0, the only mouse that works is a usb mouse as wsmouse.
I have tried all sorts of things in moused -p /dev/{port} -i type and in the XF86Config. I have tried ps2-mice, serial mice, logitech trackball with all sorts of protocols and devices for the above types of mice but only the usb mouse works with protocol wsmouse and device /dev/wsmouse.
I am not sure I really understand what wscons is from reading 8.1 in the netbsd guide, but that is the only think that works of all the combinations I have tried.
Can someone please help me to get the serial or ps2 mouse working on XF86, I need the usb mouse for my other computer.

[JMJ_coder]

Hello,

I have filed a bug report with NetBSD - so hopefully it will be fixed in the nearing future.

NetBSD Problem Report #38727

[kasse]

I'm just entering the netbsd realm, would I be better of switching to xorg right away?

[JMJ_coder]

Hello,

Originally Posted by kasse

I'm just entering the netbsd realm, would I be better of switching to xorg right away?

Not for this issue, this isn't an X issue - the ps/2 mouse is not being recognized by the kernel.