From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 17 15:12:47 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15D6D16A452 for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:12:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp1.utdallas.edu (smtp1.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEE8743D49 for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:12:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) by smtp1.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E212388DA2 for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:12:46 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:12:45 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1129526012.691.27.camel@localhost> References: <1129526012.691.27.camel@localhost> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop v 2.10 (mouse not beingdetected) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:12:47 -0000 --On Monday, October 17, 2005 00:13:31 -0500 Alejandro Valenzuela Roca=20 wrote: > > Paul: the difference between your setup and mine is the fact that > there's only one receiver for both the wireless keyboard and the mouse. > Ah! Big difference. > The keyboard does get detected, but then I only see this Human Interface > Device which basically seems to do nothing (what can an HID do, btw?). HID is an acronym for "Human Interface Device" and refers to anything that=20 humans interact with - keyboards, mice, microphones, joysticks, graphics=20 tablets, etc. > Here's the usbdevs output: > > addr 1: OHCI root hub, NEC > addr 4: PSC 750, Hewlett-Packard > addr 3: USB Optical Mouse, A4Tech > addr 2: Synaptics WheelPad, Synaptics Inc. > addr 1: OHCI root hub, NEC > addr 2: Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop=AE 2.10, Microsft > addr 1: EHCI root hub, NEC > Since the MS Wireless Optical Desktop is being detected correctly, I would=20 assume that FreeBSD has the appropriate drivers for it. If you have access = to a Windows box, I'd connect it to that and see if the mouse is detected.=20 If not, it's obviously defective. If it is, then at least you know=20 communication between the mouse and the keyboard receiver is working. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/