Re: bin/53049: wsmoused not working: ioctl(WSDISPLAYIO_PUTWSCHAR) failed

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

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From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: bin/53049: wsmoused not working: ioctl(WSDISPLAYIO_PUTWSCHAR) failed
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:07:35 -0000 (UTC)

 bernward.pub%arcor.de@localhost writes:
 
 >top shows higher activity of wsmoused and syslogd, when I move the mouse
 >(cpu load goes from below 0.01% up to over 10%, for both).
 >In the blue screen of mc, I can draw lines of black boxes (size 1 letter).
 >On the normal black text screen, there is no reaction on mouse movements.
 >X works, but the mouse curser does not react on mouse movement or mouse keys,
 >so X is not really useable. X wants to use /dev/mouse, but it does not exist.
 
 >In /var/log/messages I find some hundreds of the following lines:
 
 >	Feb 12 22:30:20 Brix wsmoused: ioctl(WSDISPLAYIO_PUTWSCHAR) failed
 >	Feb 12 22:30:20 Brix wsmoused: Invalid argument
 
 
 X doesn't use /dev/mouse. On wscons use the wsmouse driver, e.g.:
 
 Section "InputDevice"
         Identifier      "Mouse0"
         Driver          "wsmouse"
 EndSection
 
 wsmoused on the other hand seems to be broken...
 
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