From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 29 13:27:54 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6FE316A469 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:27:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ACCD13C4A7 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:27:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so120994nfb for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:27:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=GzqytaaVwx/bsHmIqhlU7ZkylsFaXNifJxfF8JRCBHTR6rIr7/XlKsILdoQhK9jzKl9yUQjRx9X9HSG/DNa0TV4fOCaLSzIlS9gAtxIBbqh+ENI2r9eIiyjF3tFfgH1JMmtOHrP5ni+G9k7fyIojPFnAK+QydCukIGLa6VcyqeU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=mZ9js+D92VzK4tPF/D/n4+eIGi1notYNXPXDQY0gq1/bfjnfg6DL+G8Af1ngvWrgWhgK45fET0HfzL0kcs8yNv6tZsCwF2s1qeadncDgL+RneI6rKBke873hbPx7tqnsfRGt6oYdGUReGlpy9xLxjOtGHXB4LJqN0/DKzXdkvec= Received: by 10.86.51.2 with SMTP id y2mr3224947fgy.1185715672985; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:27:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from monju-bosatsu.dreamtrack.dnsalias.com ( [86.18.88.217]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm7956993nfv.2007.07.29.06.27.50 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:27:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46AC95D3.5060008@crackmonkey.us> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:27:47 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Maness References: <20070727190640.J15421@ns1.kq6up.org> <46AAA9FD.20706@crackmonkey.us> <46AAAC79.309@chrismaness.com> <46AABA18.7080205@u.washington.edu> <20070728095154.I11066@ns1.kq6up.org> In-Reply-To: <20070728095154.I11066@ns1.kq6up.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Adam J Richardson Cc: Garrett Cooper , FreeBSD List Subject: Re: USB Mouse not Working 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: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:27:55 -0000 > > The mouse seems to get detected perfectly and this is the GENERIC kernel > build that has the modules. The mouse gets detected and listed at boot > time. However, I don't think I am getting data out of the mouse port. > > I beleive in the past I have checked with > > #cat /dev/ums0 > > and if things are working corectly, cat display binary garbage on the > screen when you wiggle the mouse. Try this after killing moused (moused > makes ums0 unavailable). > > Chris Maness > _______________________________________________ Perhaps the mouse is dead or dying? Mine keeps its USB cable on a little spindle, and to unreel the cable you have to tug on the cable. Not the best design since the cable is very thin and has taken damage over time. Adam J Richardson