Re: 2016-10-01-netbsd-raspi-earmv6hf.img (Re: Raspberry Pi update please.)

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Tue, 4 Oct 2016, Alan Corey wrote:

> I remember not too long ago (in OpenBSD probably) you had to
> specifically enable wsmouse outside of X.  Yes, it's still there in
> rc.conf:
> # For enabling console mouse support (i386 alpha amd64)
> wsmoused_flags=NO       # for ps/2 or usb mice: "", serial: "-p /dev/cua00"

Yeah, in NetBSD it seems to need the following in /etc/rc.conf

	wsmoused=YES ; wsmoused_flags=""

This does stop the disconnect/reconnect sequence.  HOWEVER, it does not 
actually enable the mouse in the console, and logs the following in my 
/var/log/messages:

	<time> <host> ioctl(WSDISPLAYIO_GETWSCHAR) failed
	<time> <host> Invalid argument

Furthermore, it does not seem to release/close the mouse when I switch 
back to my X display, thus I have no mouse at all in X.

I think for now I will leave wsmoused=NO  :)


If you're concerned about the "corruption" of the display while 
editting, I find that ^R (or ^L) is quite useful....   :)



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