moused is a mouse daemon on FreeBSD systems that works with the console driver to support mouse operations in the text console and user programs.[1] It first appeared in FreeBSD 2.2 and is currently located in /usr/sbin/moused.[2]
Function
editThe mouse daemon listens to a mouse port (by default, /dev/psm0) and supplies mouse data to a virtual mouse driver, sysmouse(4). A user process that wants to use the mouse simply opens /dev/sysmouse and reads from it like a normal file. This makes it possible for the console and user processes such as the X Window System to share the mouse. PS2 mice will not need configuration while serial-port mice will.[3]
Multiple mice can be used at once by starting multiple moused instances.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Gite, Vivek (2006-09-13). "Howto: FreeBSD configure or use mouse to copy and paste at a terminal". cyberciti.biz. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
- ^ "moused". man.freebsd.org. 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
- ^ Lehey, Greg (2003-04-29). The Complete FreeBSD: Documentation from the Source. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". ISBN 978-0-596-00516-0.
- ^ Tyler, Chris (2008-02-05). X Power Tools. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". ISBN 978-0-596-10195-4.
External links
edit- moused(8), FreeBSD man page
- X11 Configuration
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