Remove 2.1 and 2.2 cruft from mouse questions, and rewrite answers to
be more readable now that the cruft is gone.
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<qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="moused">
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<question id="moused">
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<para>Is it possible to make use of a mouse in any way outside
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<para>Is it possible to use a mouse in any way outside
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the X Window system?</para>
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the X Window system?</para>
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</question>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<answer>
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<para>If you are using the default console driver, syscons, you
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<para>If you are using the default console driver, &man.syscons.4;, you
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can use a mouse pointer in text consoles to cut & paste
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can use a mouse pointer in text consoles to cut & paste
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text. Run the mouse daemon, moused, and turn on the mouse
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text. Run the mouse daemon, &man.moused.8;, and turn on the mouse
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pointer in the virtual console:</para>
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pointer in the virtual console:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>moused -p /dev/<replaceable>xxxx</replaceable> -t <replaceable>yyyy</replaceable></userinput>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>moused -p /dev/<replaceable>xxxx</replaceable> -t <replaceable>yyyy</replaceable></userinput>
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&prompt.root; <userinput>vidcontrol -m on</userinput></screen>
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&prompt.root; <userinput>vidcontrol -m on</userinput></screen>
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<para>Where <replaceable>xxxx</replaceable> is the mouse device
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<para>Where <replaceable>xxxx</replaceable> is the mouse
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name and <replaceable>yyyy</replaceable> is a protocol type for
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device name and <replaceable>yyyy</replaceable> is a
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the mouse. See the &man.moused.8; manual page for supported
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protocol type for the mouse. The mouse daemon can
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automatically determine the protocol type of most
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mice, except old serial mice. Specify the
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<literal>auto</literal> protocol to invoke automatic
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detection. If automatic detection does not work, see the
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&man.moused.8; manual page for a list of supported
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protocol types.</para>
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protocol types.</para>
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<para>You may wish to run the mouse daemon automatically when the
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<para>If you have a PS/2 mouse, just
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system starts. In version 2.2.1, set the following variables in
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add <literal>moused_enable="YES"</literal> to
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<filename>/etc/sysconfig</filename>.</para>
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<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> to start the mouse daemon at boot-time.
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Additionally, if you would like to use the mouse
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<programlisting>mousedtype="yyyy"
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daemon on all virtual terminals instead of just the console,
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mousedport="xxxx"
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add <literal>allscreens_flags="-m on"</literal> to
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mousedflags=""</programlisting>
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<para>In versions 2.2.2 to 3.0, set the following variables in
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<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.</para>
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<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.</para>
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<programlisting>moused_type="yyyy"
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moused_port="xxxx"
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moused_flags=""</programlisting>
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<para>In 3.1 and later, assuming you have a PS/2 mouse, all you
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need to is add <literal>moused_enable="YES"</literal> to
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<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.</para>
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<para>In addition, if you would like to be able to use the mouse
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daemon on all virtual terminals instead of just console at
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boot-time, add the following to
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<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.</para>
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<programlisting>allscreens_flags="-m on"</programlisting>
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<para>Starting from FreeBSD 2.2.6, the mouse daemon is capable of
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determining the correct protocol type automatically unless the
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mouse is a relatively old serial mouse model. Specify
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<literal>auto</literal> the protocol to invoke automatic
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detection.</para>
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<para>When the mouse daemon is running, access to the mouse
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<para>When the mouse daemon is running, access to the mouse
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needs to be coordinated between the mouse daemon and other
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must be coordinated between the mouse daemon and other
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programs such as the X Window. Refer to <link
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programs such as X Windows. Refer to the FAQ <link
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linkend="x-and-moused">another section</link> on this
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linkend="x-and-moused">Why does my mouse not work with X?</link> for more details on this
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issue.</para>
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issue.</para>
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</answer>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaentry>
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</question>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<answer>
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<para>Once you get the mouse daemon running (see
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<para>Once you get the mouse daemon running (see the
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<link linkend="moused">previous section</link>), hold down the
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<link linkend="moused">previous section</link>), hold down the
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button 1 (left button) and move the mouse to select a region of
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button 1 (left button) and move the mouse to select a region of
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text. Then, press the button 2 (middle button) or the button 3
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text. Then, press the button 2 (middle button)
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(right button) to paste it at the text cursor.</para>
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to paste it at the text cursor.
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Pressing button 3 (right button) will
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<quote>extend</quote> the selected region of text.</para>
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<para>In versions 2.2.6 and later, pressing the button 2 will
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<para>If your
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paste the text. Pressing the button 3 will
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mouse does not have a middle button, you may wish to emulate
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<quote>extend</quote> the selected region of text. If your
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one or remap buttons using mouse daemon options. See the
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mouse does not have the middle button, you may wish to emulate
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it or remap buttons using moused options. See the
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&man.moused.8; manual page for details.</para>
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&man.moused.8; manual page for details.</para>
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</answer>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaentry>
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