Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:00:58 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Aniruddha <mailing_list@orange.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB mouse problems Message-ID: <20081006180058.GC26368@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <1223313780.24138.8.camel@debian> 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> <1223313780.24138.8.camel@debian>
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On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 07:23:00PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > 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 <alfred@freebsd.org> 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? No -- significantly different. CURRENT is "super alpha it's probably going to break", while 7.1-BETA is simply the upcoming release of 7.1 which is slated to become -STABLE after a few months. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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