Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 05:04:38 -0600 From: "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@crosswinds.net> To: "FreeBDS" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB mice Message-ID: <022401c60879$d6309150$210110ac@fortunato> References: <01a001c6086d$8c0d57e0$210110ac@fortunato> <43AD197A.50905@gmx.net> <01bd01c60872$faef7990$210110ac@fortunato> <ab3b3690512240227u7804509dl9840af1a939717d@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/24/05, Teilhard Knight <teilhk@crosswinds.net> 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. > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > load the ums module by typing these command. you need to be root though. # kldload ums # moused -p /dev/ums0 -t auto then see if the mouse daemon is running using top or ps. --- if this does not work you may have to rebuild yoru kernel with the following options device ohci device ums -------------- Thanks. Upon issuing the command: # kldload ums, I get: 'kldload: can't load ums: file exists'. But if I go to /dev, ums is not present. Are you sure kldload is the right command? Teilhard.
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