Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 16:45:47 EDT From: "John Daniels" <jmd526@hotmail.com> To: jhb@FreeBSD.org, jmd526@hotmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, n_hibma@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: USB difficulties Message-ID: <20000528204547.35254.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Hi:
The FreeBSD Faq (Chapter 2. Hardware compatibility, Q: I have a USB
keyboard. Does FreeBSD support it?) may have some typos. It states:
>1.Use FreeBSD 3.2 or later.
>
> 2.Add the following lines to your kernel configuration file, and
> >rebuild the kernel.
>
> controller uhci0
> controller ohci0
> controller usb0
> controller ukbd0
> options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV
>
has "controller" been changed to "device"? is KBD_INSTALL_CDEV needed on a
4.0 system? I didn't see it in GENERIC (which contains a bunch of usb
devices and options commented out)
>
>
> 3.Go to the /dev directory and create device nodes as follows:
>
> # cd /dev
> # ./MAKEDEV kbd0 kbd1
>
> 4.Edit /etc/rc.conf and add the following lines:
>
> usbd_enable="YES"
> usbd_flags=""
>
>After the system is rebooted, the AT keyboard becomes /dev/kbd0 and
>the USB keyboard becomes /dev/kbd1, if both are connected to the
>system. If there is the USB keyboard only, it will be /dev/ukbd0.
!---------^--!
"ukbd" is not consistent with the rest of this FAQ entry. This is a typo?
>
>If you want to use the USB keyboard in the console, you have to
>explicitly tell the console driver to use the existence of the USB
>keyboard. This can be done by running the following command as a part
>of system initialization.
>
> # kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1 < /dev/ttyv0 > /dev/null
>
>Note that if the USB keyboard is the only keyboard, it is accessed as
>/dev/kbd0, thus, the command should look like:
FYI: For USB mouse support, the FAQ asks that the following be added to the
above steps:
>2.Add the following lines to your kernel configuration file
>
> device ums0
>
> 3.Go to the /dev directory and create a device node as follows:
>
> # cd /dev
> # ./MAKEDEV ums0
>
> 4.Edit /etc/rc.conf and add the following lines:
>
> moused_enable="YES"
> moused_type="auto"
> moused_port="/dev/ums0"
> moused_flags=""
>
> See the previous section for more detailed discussion on moused.
>
> 5.In order to use the USB mouse in the X session, edit XF86Config.
>If you are using XFree86 3.3.2 or later, be sure to have the
>following lines in the
> Pointer section:
>
> Device "/dev/sysmouse"
> Protocol "Auto"
Is this the right place to look for instructions? Are these instructions
correct (up to date)? I looked in the handbook and did a search but the FAQ
was the best that I found (there are no instructions in the handbook, as far
as I can see)
Thanks for your help.
John
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