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Date:      Sun, 4 Oct 2009 18:29:58 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xorg mouse not working after upgrade (console mouse works)
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910041824080.3642@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <560f92640910041640s3f754ffetf67f94d3c285c600@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 4 Oct 2009, Nerius Landys wrote:

> Thanks for the tips guys.  I had a close look at both suggestions.
>
> After further experimentation I found that this line in rc.conf:
>
>  usbd_enable="YES"
>
> was causing the mouse pointer not to work in Xorg.  Simply removing
> that line, all works perfectly.

Huh.  usbd went away at some point around 6.4, so that line shouldn't do 
anything.  I think.

>  So my end-result rc.conf is:
>
>  defaultrouter="192.168.0.254"
>  hostname="tweety.i"
>  ifconfig_em0="inet 192.168.0.5  netmask 255.255.255.0"
>  sshd_enable="YES"
>  # added by xorg-libraries port
>  local_startup="/usr/local/etc/rc.d"
>  hald_enable="YES"
>  dbus_enable="YES"
>
> I found that adding the moused start just adds more confusion,
> especially because moused is already started automatically because of,
> I guess, the hald.
>
> I just hope I'm not missing out on not having usbd_enable.
>
> Kinda confusing stuff, I'm sure it's smoother in 7.x or 8.0.
>

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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