From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 27 02:52:15 2008 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 CA1A3106566B for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:52:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chip@wiegand.org) Received: from smtpout08.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpout08-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 950368FC13 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:52:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chip@wiegand.org) Received: (qmail 21380 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2008 02:52:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (72.211.136.129) by smtpout08-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.12) with ESMTP; 27 Jun 2008 02:52:09 -0000 Message-ID: <486455D7.8030806@wiegand.org> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:52:07 -0700 From: Chip User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Schmehl References: <48642B1A.1010403@wiegand.org> <200806262122.29129.gnemmi@gmail.com> <4864351E.3030305@wiegand.org> <200806262205.53227.gnemmi@gmail.com> <486443AD.20107@wiegand.org> <8FD738FE56BA02CFFA81EE31@Macintosh.local> In-Reply-To: <8FD738FE56BA02CFFA81EE31@Macintosh.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X 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: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:52:15 -0000 Thanks for the tip, did that, and verified that the mouse is set to auto in the mouse section, still no mouse in any X window manager. Back out at the terminal I unplugged the mouse and plugged it back in and get this error - unable to open /dev/ums0: no such file or directory but when I view the directory /dev there is ums0 in the directory. -- Chip Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On June 26, 2008 6:34:37 PM -0700 Chip wrote: > >> I ran update.locatedb, twice, and ran locate xorg.conf and locate >> xorg.conf.new. The only result was for xorg.conf found in >> /usr/local/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz >> > > You need to run, as root, "# Xorg -configure" and create an xorg.conf > file. Then follow the instructions on the screen and run X using the > xorg.conf.new file that it creates to verify that X will work. > > If it does, copy the xorg.conf.new file to /etc/xorg.conf and your > mouse should work fine. > > Paul Schmehl > If it isn't already obvious, > my opinions are my own and not > those of my employer.