Help with FreeBSD and startx. - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

cosmotron · #1 (**permalink**) 12-18-2004

Hello everyone.

I just installed FreeBSD recently and when I type the command startx, I get the following errors:

(EE) failed to load module "fbdev"
(EE) <default pointer> cannot find which device to use
(EE) xf860Open erial: No evice specified
(EE) <default pointer> cannot open input device
(EE) PreInitFailed for input device "<default pointer>"

Now, I use a USB Mouse and when I ran xorgconfig I didn't see the option to use one. Any help is appreciated.

locustfurnace · #2 (**permalink**) 12-18-2004

This is what I use in xorg.conf on Slackware for my USB mouse.

Code:

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

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver  "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
   # Option "Device"      "/dev/usb"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/mouse"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option "Resolution" "300"

cosmotron · #3 (**permalink**) 12-18-2004

First of all, I said FreeBSD not Slackware. FreeBSD doesn't even contain the IMPS/2 protocol.

locustfurnace · #4 (**permalink**) 12-18-2004

Since I dont run X on FreeBSD, I just use it as a server, and with Slackware being similar to FreeBSD, I mistakenly figured it would work.
Doing a quick google on 'IMPS/2' and 'FreeBSD' gave me these results. Which is for FreeBSD 5.3

http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/FreeBSD53.html

"The syntax of xorgconfig (or xf86config) is a bit different than Linux. With an MS optical Intellimouse, using a PS/2 connection, in Linux one chooses IMPS/2 protocol and /dev/psaux. In FreeBSD choose the Auto protocol and use /dev/psm0."

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