Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 04:01:00 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB mice Message-ID: <20051225020100.GA2613@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <20051225011332.GA24395@main.dynode.net> References: <01a001c6086d$8c0d57e0$210110ac@fortunato> <20051224144330.GA21970@main.dynode.net> <029b01c6089e$e3c8f210$210110ac@fortunato> <20051225011332.GA24395@main.dynode.net>
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On 2005-12-25 09:13, "Russell J. Wood" <rjw@dynode.net> wrote: >On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 09:29:53AM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote: >>Russell J. Wood" <rjw@dynode.net> wrote: >>>On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 03:36:28AM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote: >>>> It seems to me that the way FreeBSD is catching up with new >>>> hardware leaves you unsatisfied. One has to choose, upon boot, the >>>> option to use an USB keyboard by hand, and I have found no way to >>>> make a USB mouse to work. The OS broadly supports serial mice and >>>> hardly PS/2 mice, both almost out of the market nowadays. Are USB >>>> mice supported by FreeBSD? >>> >>> I have a USB keyboard and I don't have to choose the ``USB >>> Keyboard'' option at start up. Also, I have a USB Mouse hooked up >>> via a hub in my keyboard. Works fine. >> >> Are they, your keyboard and your mouse, wireless? > > No, they are not. However, before this setup I was using a complete > wireless setup. Logictec keyboard/mouse combination, from memory. USB mice are supported, but I'm not sure about install time. I very rarely install from a CD-ROM these days and even when I do, I don't use the mouse at all.
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