Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:03:46 -0500
From:      "Justin P. Michel" <jpmichel@jcontinuum.ca>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: LED Mouse Flashing
Message-ID:  <00a001c2d147$e9fbed40$0e0ea8c0@xerxes>
References:  <00a201c2d050$0a5ddd80$0e0ea8c0@xerxes>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Temporary solution:

Intellimouse apparently doesn't detect properly over a KVM.  With "flags
0x600" in the kernel on the psm line, the device detects and works as a
normal PS/2 mouse.

Is there anyone out there that may know how to get this mouse working with
the wheel?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin P. Michel" <jpmichel@jcontinuum.ca>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 10:29 AM
Subject: LED Mouse Flashing


> Greetings,
>
> I'm running FreeBSD V4.7.p4, with a Logitech LED Mouse.  The mouse is
being
> detected in the dmesg output as an Intellimouse Device 4.  When this
> happens, it starts flashing (the mouse LED itself), the keyboard (ie. I
can
> still type, but the letters come up slowly), and the mouse does not work
> (either trying to run moused, or starting X).
>
> As well, after this happens, when I restart the system, I have to unplug
the
> mouse, or I get an error about my keyboard not being plugged in.
>
> I've tried putting "flags 0x100" on the psm line in the kernel, and I've
> tried removing the "flags 0x1" from the keyboard device, both with no
> change.
>
> At one point, before I made the changes, the mouse was detected as a type
> "Generic Device 0".  When this happened, the system worked perfectly.
>
> Now, my question:  Is there a way to specify to the kernel that I want it
to
> use the generic driver for the mouse, and not the Intellimouse?  As well,
> where (if any place) can I specify the device type to be 0, and not 4?
>
> Regards,
>
> Justin P. Michel
> |- J Continuum
> |- 21071 - 640 River Street
> |- Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
> |- P7A 8A7
> |- http://www.jcontinuum.ca
>
>
>
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
>
>



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?00a001c2d147$e9fbed40$0e0ea8c0>