WSMOUSED(8) OpenBSD System Manager's Manual (i386) WSMOUSED(8)NAMEwsmoused - wsmouse daemon
SYNOPSISwsmoused [-2dfi] [-C thresh] [-D device] [-I file] [-M N=M] [-p device]
[-t type]
DESCRIPTIONwsmoused listens for mouse events on the specified device and
communicates them to the wscons(4) driver. Its purpose is to provide
copy/paste functionality on the 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, e.g. -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 device Use device as the display control device. If omitted,
wsmoused will use the default value of /dev/ttyCcfg, which
controls the wsdisplay0 display terminals.
-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.
-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 `='. Button numbers start from one,
assigned to the leftmost button.
-p device Use 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.
EXAMPLES
To start wsmoused on the wsdisplay1 display terminals, using a two-button
serial mouse connected to /dev/cua0:
# wsmoused-2 -D /dev/ttyDcfg -p /dev/cua0
To start wsmoused on the wsdisplay0 display terminals, using /dev/wsmouse
with the left and right buttons swapped (assuming a three button mouse):
# wsmoused-M 1=3 -M 3=1
SEE ALSOwscons(4), wsmouse(4)HISTORY
The wsmoused daemon is a slightly modified version of the moused daemon
from the FreeBSD project, written by Michael Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>.
Both inherit code from the XFree Project.
OpenBSD 4.9 June 5, 2009 OpenBSD 4.9
