From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 5 00:29:59 2009 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 A823B1065676 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:29:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E0EA8FC08 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:29:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n950Tw4D003669; Sun, 4 Oct 2009 18:29:58 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n950Tw7M003666; Sun, 4 Oct 2009 18:29:58 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 18:29:58 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Nerius Landys In-Reply-To: <560f92640910041640s3f754ffetf67f94d3c285c600@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <560f92640910041406m7755f879k19455f204202d927@mail.gmail.com> <560f92640910041640s3f754ffetf67f94d3c285c600@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:29:58 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg mouse not working after upgrade (console mouse works) 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, 05 Oct 2009 00:29:59 -0000 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