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Date:      Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:48:15 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: mouse problems....
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010131847170.15597@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20101013231122.3b32695b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2010, Polytropon wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:29:31 -0700, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote:
>> I just noticed that in rc.conf is:
>>
>>
>> 	# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Wed Oct 13 08:03:06 2010
>> 	moused_port="/dev/ums0"
>> 	moused_type="auto"
>> 	moused_enable="NO"
>>
>> 	and yet the console mouse is present.  Strange... .
>
> Explaination: USB mice are handled by devd. So if the system
> detects the presence of a ums device, devd "remote-controls"
> moused to activate this mouse.

See also the entry in /etc/defaults/rc.conf:

moused_nondefault_enable="YES"



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