Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:48:16 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: need help with BElkin KVM and USB mouse problems. Message-ID: <20101012234816.GE4957@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4FFC682B-4261-4CD8-A533-36559605BE11@lassitu.de> References: <20101012181748.GA4173@thought.org> <4FFC682B-4261-4CD8-A533-36559605BE11@lassitu.de>
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On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:09:43PM +0200, Stefan Bethke wrote: > Am 12.10.2010 um 20:17 schrieb Gary Kline: > > > The USB keyboard works fine everywhere. But my USB mouse fails on > > the FreeBSD platforms when I try to run X11. I *have* managed to get > > the mouse working without X [i.e., in console mode]; and yes, the > > cursor and the buttons work fine. But once I launch X--even simple > > apps like twm or ctwm, the mouse pointer is dead. > > It doesn't sound like this issue is connected to your using a KVM at all, but rather your X configuration. If you have a second USB mouse, try plugging that in in addition to the KVM and see if there's any difference; I'm guessing not. > > Check you X config, and make sure dbus and hald are enabled in rc.conf and started. > A friend on -questions suggested that hal might be interfering. I axed it from /etc/rc.conf. Given that both mouse+keyboard are USB, what port should I be using... ? I have tried editing my xorg.conf file. Zip so far. I'll have my wife switch from my "Logitech" to an el-cheapo M$ USB mouse. See if anything happens... thanks, gary > > Stefan > > -- > Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 151 14070811 > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.90a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org
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