Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:58:39 +0100 From: Adam J Richardson <fatman.uk@gmail.com> To: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> Cc: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>, FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB Mouse not Working Message-ID: <46ACAB1F.7090609@crackmonkey.us> In-Reply-To: <20070729070957.L94300@ns1.kq6up.org> References: <20070727190640.J15421@ns1.kq6up.org> <46AAA9FD.20706@crackmonkey.us> <46AAAC79.309@chrismaness.com> <46AABA18.7080205@u.washington.edu> <20070728095154.I11066@ns1.kq6up.org> <46AC95D3.5060008@crackmonkey.us> <20070729070957.L94300@ns1.kq6up.org>
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<snip> >>> I beleive in the past I have checked with >>> #cat /dev/ums0 >>> and if things are working corectly, cat display binary garbage on the screen when you wiggle the mouse. Try this after killing moused (moused makes ums0 unavailable). >> >> Perhaps the mouse is dead or dying? Mine keeps its USB cable on a >> little spindle, and to unreel the cable you have to tug on the cable. >> Not the best design since the cable is very thin and has taken damage >> over time. >> >> Adam J Richardson > > The mouse is working well on another system. Did you try my little > experiment? > > Chris Maness Trying it in a terminal under xfce4 and substituting /dev/sysmouse produces a torrent of spaces characters. I'm currently using a PS/2 mouse [ie. the "tit" mouse on an old laptop]. $ sudo cat /dev/sysmouse Perhaps the xfce4 terminal translates the garbage into spaces. Adam J Richardson
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