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.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 23 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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