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Date:      Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:48:42 +0100
From:      Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net>
To:        Teilhard Knight <teilhk@crosswinds.net>
Cc:        FreeBDS <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: USB mice
Message-ID:  <43AD197A.50905@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <01a001c6086d$8c0d57e0$210110ac@fortunato>
References:  <01a001c6086d$8c0d57e0$210110ac@fortunato>

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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.
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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





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