From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 6 17:22:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30C55106569C for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 17:22:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mailing_list@orange.nl) Received: from smtp-4.orange.nl (smtp-4.orange.nl [193.252.22.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E737E8FC24 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 17:22:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mailing_list@orange.nl) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf6302.online.nl (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 26E107000085 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:22:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.2.173] (s5590cf7b.adsl.wanadoo.nl [85.144.207.123]) by mwinf6302.online.nl (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id DD7287000081 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:22:56 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20081006172256907.DD7287000081@mwinf6302.online.nl From: Aniruddha To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20081006170501.GA26115@icarus.home.lan> References: <1223275319.4116.7.camel@debian> <20081006130929.386aebb7@baby-jane-lamaiziere-net.local> <48E9F93A.5020806@webzone.net.au> <1223311942.24138.6.camel@debian> <20081006170501.GA26115@icarus.home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:23:00 +0200 Message-Id: <1223313780.24138.8.camel@debian> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: USB mouse problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:22:59 -0000 On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 10:05 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > I don't think this has something to with a bios setting/jumper. My > > other USB ports are working fine ( I also have an USB keyboard plugged > > in). > > > > Furthermore in Linux nor Vista I've encountered this problem. Therefor I > > suspect it must have something to do with FreeBSD. Maybe it's an bug? If > > someone has an solution that would be great! > > FreeBSD's existing USB stack is known to be... shall we say, flaky. > It's well-established at this point. The possibility of it being > related to FreeBSD's USB stack is very likely. > > A new USB stack is available for CURRENT, but requires manual patching. > If you're willing to try this, you should get in contact with Alfred > Perlstein to discuss/get the patch. Keep in mind > that this patch, as I stated, only applies to CURRENT, and not to > FreeBSD 7 or earlier. > > You can download a CURRENT ISO here: > > ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200809/ > Lol, during my search for a solution I did see numerous problems with mice. Out of curiosity; is CURRENT the same as FreeBSD 7.1-BETA? -- Regards, Aniruddha