There have been a few questions along the same lines as this one, but
none of the previously suggested solutions work for me, unfortunately.

I have managed to get my mouse to work in the console with:

$ /usr/sbin/wsmoused -t microsoft -p /dev/cua00

but when I stop wsmoused and try to start X, I get the following
errors:

(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/cua00
Operation not permitted.
(EE) Mouse1: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse1"
No core pointer

I have tried:
- changing /etc/fbtab to add /dev/cua00 to the /dev/ttyC0:
/dev/ttyC0 0600 /dev/console:/dev/wskbd:/dev/wsmouse:/dev/ttyCcfg:/dev/cua00

- changing the permissions/ownership of /dev/cua00 to all sorts,
including 0777.

- using different devices in XF86Config, all of them are dead (no
response, but no errors)

The relevant part of XF86Config:
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/cua00"


Any help/tips appreciated!!

In article <b1b527ad.0401030745.388d1d3c@posting.google.com >, digger wrote:
> There have been a few questions along the same lines as this one, but
> none of the previously suggested solutions work for me, unfortunately.
>
> I have managed to get my mouse to work in the console with:
>
> $ /usr/sbin/wsmoused -t microsoft -p /dev/cua00
>
> but when I stop wsmoused and try to start X, I get the following
> errors:

Did you try NOT stopping wsmoused and telling X to use wsmoused, too?
The XFree86 documentation doesn't say so for OpenBSD (I already filed
a PR about that with the XFree86 people months ago) but it should be
supported by any recent OpenBSD much like the NetBSD wsmoused.


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j p d (at) d s b (dot) t u d e l f t (dot) n l .

i have had the same problem with my serial mouse when using /dev/ttyC0 or
/dev/cua00. the following XF86Config lines work for me (mouse is connected
to first serial port).

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/tty00"

also note the last lines in the wsmoused manual page, saying wsmoused
must be stopped before starting X in the case of a serial mouse.

steven.

jpd <read_the_sig@do.not.spam.it> wrote in message news:<1073145398.985787@ente.ipberlin.com>...
> > I have managed to get my mouse to work in the console with:
> >
> > $ /usr/sbin/wsmoused -t microsoft -p /dev/cua00
> >
> > but when I stop wsmoused and try to start X, I get the following
> > errors:
>
> Did you try NOT stopping wsmoused and telling X to use wsmoused, too?
> The XFree86 documentation doesn't say so for OpenBSD (I already filed
> a PR about that with the XFree86 people months ago) but it should be
> supported by any recent OpenBSD much like the NetBSD wsmoused.

I have tried using the wsmouse protocol, and /dev/wsmouse, if that's
what you mean?
Basically, if the device is set to /dev/cua00 it fails with an
OpenSerial error, if the device is set to anything else, it is
unresponsive.

For that reason, I think there is something wrong in /dev/ or
/etc/fbtab rather than XF86Config. No idea what the problem is though!

Thanks for the idea - I thought it would work for a minute then =(

"steven mestdagh" <smestdag@_NOSPAM_esat.kuleuven.ac.be> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.58.0401031719300.32135@batcher.esa t.kuleuven.ac.be...
> i have had the same problem with my serial mouse when using /dev/ttyC0 or
> /dev/cua00. the following XF86Config lines work for me (mouse is connected
> to first serial port).
>
> Identifier "Mouse1"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
> Option "Device" "/dev/tty00"

Thanks a lot - that fixed it!