Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:13:39 +0100 From: "Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]" <Danovitsch@vitsch.net> To: Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: USB mouse support Message-ID: <200411290913.39870.Danovitsch@vitsch.net> In-Reply-To: <41A8FC1E.1070601@fastmail.fm> References: <41A8E362.1070309@fastmail.fm> <200411272152.27741.Danovitsch@vitsch.net> <41A8FC1E.1070601@fastmail.fm>
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On Saturday 27 November 2004 23:13, you wrote: > Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN] wrote: > >On Saturday 27 November 2004 21:28, Trey Sizemore wrote: > >>I've just installed FreeBSD 5.3 on my desktop machine (P4 2.8GHz with > >>512MB RAM) and cannot get my mouse pointer to move in KDE. It is a > >>Microsoft Wireless Optical 2.0 mouse (USB) and I have the following > >>section in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file: > >> > >>Driver "mouse" > >>Option "Protocol" "Auto" > >>Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > >>Option "Buttons" "7" > >>Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > >> > >>I have installed FreeBSD from the disc 1 ISO file and installed > >>everything by default. I have not done a kernel recomple at this point. > >> > >>Is this an issue with my xorg.conf file or a USB issue that requires a > >>kernel recompile? I did not see anything helpful in the Using X11 in > >>the manual. > > > >Make sure you have usbd running and have set usbd_enable="YES" in > > /etc/rc.conf > > Both of these are done. > > >When a mouse is plugged in usbd should start moused to handle the input. > >The debug output on your console should state ums0 being attached when the > >mouse is plugged in. > > How do I see this? > Thanks. Bright white text should show up on your text console (ttyv0) starting with "ums0: ". The same text should also end up in the output of the "dmesg" command. Daan
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