Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:15:34 -0600 From: "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@crosswinds.net> To: "FreeBDS" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB mice Message-ID: <01bd01c60872$faef7990$210110ac@fortunato> References: <01a001c6086d$8c0d57e0$210110ac@fortunato> <43AD197A.50905@gmx.net>
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> 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? >> >> Teilhard. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > Currently all three systems which run FreeBSD have USB mice, two of them > just plain Logitech optical mouses, the third is a Logitech MX 300, but > every other mouse should work when you have enabled moused. Try plugin in > the mouse when FreeBSD is up and running, it should detect it > automatically It didn't work. Actually I have a little more than a USB mouse, I have a wireless mouse and wireless keyboard which are both controlled by a central unit which plugs into an USB port in the computer. The keyboard works well, with the option of booting with an USB keyboard, but I cannot make the mouse work. Any suggestions? Teilhard.
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