Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:55:43 +0000 From: Robert Slade <bsd@bathnetworks.com> To: Teilhard Knight <teilhk@crosswinds.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB mice Message-ID: <1135421742.8441.49.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <01bd01c60872$faef7990$210110ac@fortunato> References: <01a001c6086d$8c0d57e0$210110ac@fortunato> <43AD197A.50905@gmx.net> <01bd01c60872$faef7990$210110ac@fortunato>
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On Sat, 2005-12-24 at 10:15, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > 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. I can confirm what Frank says. I have a number of machines running mainly Freebsd. USB and PS/2 mice work fine on both OS' but I did have problems with a wireless mouse on both. The problem lies with the mouse connection to the wireless hub. Under XP I had to press the connect button on both the hub and mouse after booting to get the mouse to connect to the hub and then re-boot to get XP to recognise the mouse was there. I gave up on the wireless mouse in the end it was to much trouble. Rob
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