Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 05:44:28 -0600 From: "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@crosswinds.net> To: "FreeBDS" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB mice Message-ID: <025201c6087f$664b2f70$210110ac@fortunato> References: <01a001c6086d$8c0d57e0$210110ac@fortunato> <43AD197A.50905@gmx.net> <01bd01c60872$faef7990$210110ac@fortunato> <ab3b3690512240227u7804509dl9840af1a939717d@mail.gmail.com> <022401c60879$d6309150$210110ac@fortunato> <ab3b3690512240308l449f547gac1776209370ab65@mail.gmail.com>
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> > > > > >> 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > i am positive. The message basically means that the ums module is already. You can check this by issuing the command # kldstat Yes, I have found it. It is under /usr/src/sys/modules. Shouldn't it be under /dev? The second command you ask me to perform gives an error: 'no such device ums0'. What should I do now? Teilhard
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