From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 24 09:48:16 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B491D16A41F for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:48:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: from smtp2.versatel.nl (smtp2.versatel.nl [62.58.50.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFEF843D49 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:48:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 17980 invoked by uid 0); 24 Dec 2005 09:48:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO [192.168.2.5]) ([62.59.173.176]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp2.versatel.nl (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for < >; 24 Dec 2005 09:48:14 -0000 Message-ID: <43AD197A.50905@gmx.net> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:48:42 +0100 From: Frank Staals User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051112) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Teilhard Knight References: <01a001c6086d$8c0d57e0$210110ac@fortunato> In-Reply-To: <01a001c6086d$8c0d57e0$210110ac@fortunato> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBDS Subject: Re: USB mice 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: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:48:16 -0000 Teilhard Knight wrote: > It seems to me that the way FreeBSD is catching up with new hardware > leaves you unsatisfied. One has to choose, upon boot, the option to > use an USB keyboard by hand, and I have found no way to make a USB > mouse to work. The OS broadly supports serial mice and hardly PS/2 > mice, both almost out of the market nowadays. Are USB mice supported > by FreeBSD? > > Teilhard. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Currently all three systems which run FreeBSD have USB mice, two of them just plain Logitech optical mouses, the third is a Logitech MX 300, but every other mouse should work when you have enabled moused. Try plugin in the mouse when FreeBSD is up and running, it should detect it automatically -- -Frank Staals