From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 8 17:21:48 2006 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 D45EC16A403 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 17:21:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sbridges@iastate.edu) Received: from mailhub-3.iastate.edu (mailhub-3.iastate.edu [129.186.140.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70B4D43D45 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 17:21:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sbridges@iastate.edu) Received: from mailout-1.iastate.edu (mailout-1.iastate.edu [129.186.140.1]) by mailhub-3.iastate.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.10) with SMTP id k48HLlLR007772; Mon, 8 May 2006 12:21:47 -0500 Received: from bridgespc.econ.iastate.edu(129.186.32.12) by mailout-1.iastate.edu via smtp id 2c8f_a860389c_deb7_11da_867d_00304811d932; Mon, 08 May 2006 17:25:33 +0000 From: "Stephanie Bridges" To: "'Lennon Cook'" Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 12:21:47 -0500 Message-ID: <010501c672c3$e2e7a960$0c20ba81@econ.iastate.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <76ebe6440605051707m2f07cfaauaf17adaabeda9148@mail.gmail.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Thread-Index: AcZwof3+luwARANlTE+DquCeH5pWXACIPJUg Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Problem with cordless mouse/Keyboard combo set 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: Mon, 08 May 2006 17:21:48 -0000 Lennon Cook wrote: > Stephanie Bridges wrote: >> I had the same problem with the mouse (would occasionally move the >> cursor, never any clicks) until I accidentally got the receiver >> closer to the mouse. I now have the receiver about three inches >> away from the mouse. Works wonderfully well now. > Thanks Stephanie, but unfortunately that didn't help here. I > have moved my receiver so close to the mouse that its hard to > not bump them, but the mouse still doesn't work. > > What I have noticed since I sent my original message, is that > /dev/sysmouse exists even when only the non-working mouse is > connected nto the system. Does this mean that FreeBSD /is/ > detecting the mouse (and hence that I should be looking > somewhere else than this list for the problem), or does that > file simply always exist? Lennon, Do you have a /dev/ums0 (my usb mouse device)? Also, even when my mouse didn't really work, disconnecting/reconnecting the receiver from the usb port (moving to another or leaving in the same port) would generate log messages that the mouse was being recognized correctly. I was assuming that /dev/sysmouse would only exist if the system thought there was a mouse somewhere, but I'm not sure about that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stephanie Bridges Economics Department -- Iowa State University 80B Heady Hall, Ames, IA 50011 ph: 515.294.8732 ~~ fax: 515.294.0221 http://www.econ.iastate.edu