NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     wsmoused - wsmouse daemon

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     wsmoused [-2df] [-C thresh] [-I file] [-M N=M]  [-p  device]
[-t type]
     wsmoused -i [-p device]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     wsmoused  listens  for  mouse events on the specified device
and communicates
 them to the wscons(4) driver through the  /dev/ttyCcfg
interface.
     Its purpose is to provide copy/paste functionality on the PC
console.

     By default, the left mouse button is used to select text (in
the familiar
     click-and-drag  fashion), the right button is used to extend
the selection,
 and the middle button pastes.  This  behavior  can  be
modified
     through  the  use  of  -M, i.e., -M 2=3 maps the right mouse
button to paste.

     The options are as follows:

     -2         Indicate that the mouse has two-buttons.  In that
case, the
                right button pastes.

     -C thresh  Set double click speed as the maximum interval in
msec between
                button clicks.  If omitted, the default value  of
500 msec will
                be assumed.  This option will have effect only on
the cut and
                paste operations in the text mode console.

     -d         Enable debugging messages.

     -f         Do not become a daemon and instead run as a foreground process.
  Useful for testing and debugging.

     -I file    Write the process ID of wsmoused to the specified
file.  If
                omitted, the process ID will be stored in
                /var/run/wsmoused.pid.

     -i         Print the type and the protocol of the mouse  and
exit.

     -M  N=M     Assign the physical button M to the logical button N.  You may
                specify as many instances of this option  as  you
like.  More
                than  one  physical  button  may be assigned to a
logical button
                at the same time.  In this case the logical  button will be
                down,  if either of the assigned physical buttons
is held down.
                Do not put space around `='.

     -p device  Use device device to communicate with the  mouse.
If this option
   is  not  present,  the  device  opened  is
/dev/wsmouse (the
                multiplexer device that receives all mouse events
from all wsmouse
  compatible mice on the system).  For a serial mouse, you
                have to explicitly specify the serial port,  i.e.
device must
                be one of /dev/cua0[0-3].

     -t  type     This  option  only  applies to serial mice.  It
specifies the
                protocol used by the serial mice.   You  may  explicitly specify
                a  type  listed below or use auto to let wsmoused
automatically
                select an  appropriate  protocol  for  the  given
mouse, if the serial
 mouse respects the PnP COM specification.

                If this option is not specified, auto is assumed.
Under normal
 circumstances, you need to  use  this  option
only if the
                mouse is not PnP compatible.

                Valid protocol types for this option are the following:

                microsoft      Microsoft serial  mouse  protocol.
Most 2-button
                               serial mice use this protocol.

                intellimouse    Microsoft  IntelliMouse protocol.
Genius NetMouse,
 ASCII Mie  Mouse,  Logitech
MouseMan+, and
                               FirstMouse+  use  this protocol as
well.  Other
                               mice with a  roller/wheel  may  be
compatible with
                               this protocol.

                mousesystems     MouseSystems   5-byte  protocol.
3-button mice
                               may use this protocol.

                mmseries       MM Series mouse protocol.

                logitech        Logitech  mouse  protocol.   Note
that this is for
                               old  Logitech models.  mouseman or
intellimouse
                               should be specified for newer models.

                mouseman        Logitech  MouseMan  and  TrackMan
protocol.  Some
                               3-button mice  may  be  compatible
with this protocol.
   Note  that  MouseMan+ and
FirstMouse+ use
                               intellimouse protocol rather  than
this one.

                glidepoint     ALPS GlidePoint protocol.

                thinkingmouse  Kensington ThinkingMouse protocol.

                mmhitab        Hitachi tablet protocol.

     wsmoused will happily coexist with the X Window System, provided that the
     mouse device is supported by wsmouse(4).  Serial mice do not
have a
     wsmouse(4) compatible driver, so wsmoused has to  be  killed
before starting
 the X Window System.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     wscons(4), wsmouse(4)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The  wsmoused  daemon  is a slightly modified version of the
moused daemon
     from  the  FreeBSD  project,  written   by   Michael   Smith
<[email protected]>.
     Both inherit code from the XFree Project.

OpenBSD      3.6                           April      8,     2001