Re: USB Mouse issues

From: Louis LeBlanc (FreeBSD_at_keyslapper.net)
Date: 02/28/05

  • Next message: Anthony Atkielski: "Re: Installation instructions for Firefox somewhere?" 
    Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:34:55 -0500
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

    On 02/28/05 11:02 PM, Colin Alston sat at the `puter and typed:
    > Louis LeBlanc wrote:
    >
    > >What really confused me was that I did not have moused enabled. It
    > >took quite a while to even realize that it was running.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > Hmmm, possibly then when I disabled moused in rc.conf it fixed it? I was
    > in too much of a tiss trying random things all at once.

    Don't think you're the first one to do that :)

    The fact I had never even enabled moused is exactly the reason I had
    such a hard time finding it. It just never occurred to me that usbd
    was starting moused up behind my back. Eventually, I realized this
    was happening, killed moused and it worked. Problem is the next time
    I plugged back in, usbd would start moused again. I had to comment
    the mouse section out of /etc/usbd.conf and restart usbd
    (/etc/rc.d/usbd restart) to get it to leave the pointers alone.

    What I kept forgetting is that usbd would be restarting moused. You
    have to reconfigure usbd and restart it. Then make sure moused isn't
    running. Then your mouse should be there at /def/ums0. Your
    xorg.conf mouse section will have to be configured to that device.

    Lou 

    -- 
Louis LeBlanc                          FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net
Fully Funded Hobbyist,                   KeySlapper Extrordinaire :)
Please send off-list email to:         leblanc at keyslapper d.t net
Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51  4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2
Gray's Law of Programming:
  `n+1' trivial tasks are expected to be accomplished in the same
  time as `n' tasks.

  • Next message: Anthony Atkielski: "Re: Installation instructions for Firefox somewhere?"