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Date:      Mon, 15 Jan 2001 04:21:39 -0800
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
To:        jimmy fix <jim_fix@operamail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: usb mouse -- help
Message-ID:  <3A62EB53.CDDD3C4B@urx.com>
References:  <3A801FDD@operamail.com>

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jimmy fix wrote:
> 
> hi...i just installed freebsd 4.2...and installation went ok, appart from a
> problem. i cant get the usb mouse to work at all. i configured the thing
> before installation with the visual tool provided and i'm sure i included usb
> mouse support.
> 
> the usbd is running, but mouse doesnt move. in x-windows, they started ok, the
> default dev seems to be /dev/mouse. however, this dev does not exist on my
> system. do i have to create it manually somehow? there is a list of other devs
> there. how can i tell which one to choose?
> 
> how can usbd work and the mouse attached to it doesnt? how can i tell which
> device my mouse is attached to (if any) ? also, is there any way to see which
> devs are attached to the usb?

I started out defining everything in the kernel for USB except
networking and storage devices. Then, I made and installed my kernel.
I found my USB devices using usbdevs and all I had to do to add the
mouse was add

usbd_enable="YES"        # Run the usbd daemon.

to my rc.conf. In thinking back, I would disable moused and add the
usbd_enable to rc.conf before I booted my new kernel. After that, it
just worked.

Kent

> 
> im new to this, it's the first time i put bsd.
> 
> thanx
> jim
> 
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