mouse in x won't work properly

nedry · Mar 29, 2020

Hi,
I am using FreeBSD 12.1-Release FreeBSD r354233 Generic AMD64 in VMWARE workstation. I can't get the mouse to work properly in X. It moves the mouse but all over the place not where I am moving it to go. I tried recompiling X drivers and including vmmouse but that does not help.
Has anyone got any ideas? This happened after installing a new version of X some time ago.

Emrion · Mar 29, 2020

What is your Xorg version? Do you have moused enabled?

nedry · Mar 29, 2020

moused is enabled in /etc/rc.conf
xorg 7.7_3

nedry · Mar 29, 2020

I tried it without moused and it still won't move correctly

Emrion · Mar 29, 2020

Sorry, I meant the xorg-server version: pkg info -I xorg-server

Alain De Vos · Mar 29, 2020

Try,
xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "vmmouse"

nedry · Mar 30, 2020

pkg info -I xorg-server output:

Code:

xorg-server-1.20.7_2.1 X.org X server and related programs

SirDice · Mar 30, 2020

How is the mouse configured in VMWare workstation? Make sure it's set to PS/2. It sounds like it's been set to "tablet" or something similar.

Emrion · Mar 30, 2020

Ok, it's well I feared. Xorg 1.20 switched from devd to udev and I think this hit you. See this post (and maybe the whole thread): https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/new-xorg-switch-from-devd-to-udev.74144/post-453854

mouse in x won't work properly

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