On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 10:40:38PM -0800, Daniel Dickman wrote:
> Hello, until recently I've been a Linux user but have decided to get my feet
> wet with OpenBSD. I had a few basic questions that I wasn't able to solve
> after reading the FAQ and doing some web searches and was hoping someone
> could point me in the right direction. (I'm running a freshly built
> 3.8-current on an amd64 machine). In any case, here are the things I'm trying
> to do:
>
> 1. I'd like to switch consoles with Alt-F<N> instead of Ctrl-Alt-F<N>.
> How can I do that? (The main reason is that I prefer to be able to
> switch consoles with one hand and using the Ctrl key is a bit awkward
> for me to do without using both hands.)
I'm sorry, I don't know.
I'll gladly point you to screen, though, which is available under ports
- switching consoles is as easy as Ctrl-A 2, or somesuch, and it has
loads of other nice features.
> 2. My mouse doesn't seem to work under X. I have a USB mouse and see
> the following message in dmesg: "uhub0: device problem, disabling port
> 1" and not sure if this is the indicating the problem. In any case,
> I've enclosed the full dmesg below and I'm happy to give out any more
> information that's needed.
Yes, this is the problem. It is likely the mouse is either defective or
not supported; what mouse is it?
> OpenBSD 3.8-current (GENERIC) #0: Mon Jan 16 19:21:53 EST 2006
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC
Hmm... you like living on the edge, don't you? ;-)
Joachim
