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Date:      Tue, 9 Jul 2002 08:14:33 +0400
From:      Ivan Nazimov <lonerx@phreaker.net>
To:        Ross Lippert <ripper@eskimo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: starting up usb mouse with vidcontrol
Message-ID:  <20020709041433.GE226@fuckface.local.com>
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ξΑ 2002.07.08 16:42 Ross Lippert ΞΑΠΙΣΑΜ:
> 
> I just installed 4.6 on a system with a USB mouse, and one thing that
> was a bit confusing is that while usbd is starting moused in its
> 'attach' script, it is not starting vidcontrol.
> 
> In fact, the only easy way I see to get both moused started right and
> to get vidcontrol going is to have moused_enable='YES' in rc.conf
> which
> results in an annoying error message during rc.syscons, because
> /dev/ums0
> is in use, but does still start up vidcontrol -m on, making the
> pointer
> appear.
> 
> I don't think there was this business before.  Is vidcontrol's mouse
> stuff new?  Did it used to get activated differently, or in a
> different
> order (like rc.syscons used to come before running usbd)?
> 

Just add 'allscreens_flags="-m on"' to your rc.conf and vidcontrol will 
be executed in proper way.

> -r
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