From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 27 04:49:44 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 DC48D1065676 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:49:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chip@wiegand.org) Received: from smtpauth19.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpauth19.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A9D238FC19 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:49:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chip@wiegand.org) Received: (qmail 24266 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2008 04:49:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (72.211.136.129) by smtpauth19.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.30) with ESMTP; 27 Jun 2008 04:49:43 -0000 Message-ID: <48647164.6060008@wiegand.org> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:49:40 -0700 From: Chip User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> <486455D7.8030806@wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 04:49:45 -0000 Paul Schmehl wrote: > > What version of FreeBSD are you running? 7.0-Release > If 7.0 STABLE, you should probably csup source and rebuild kernel and > world. I had a similar problem with the early release and it was > related to usb devices not being detected (which sounds like what your > problem is.) > > BTW, I don't have anything in /etc/rc.conf regarding a mouse. If you > enable moused, you're overriding the default behavior of the usb mouse > and forcing it to behave according to your dictates. > > The mouse should work in Xorg without anything entered in /etc/rc.conf. > Yep, you're right. I commented out the lines regarding the mouse in the rc.conf and the mouse works fine in gnome. -- Chip > The first thing you should do is go to the console, unplug and then > replug the mouse. You should see the mouse being disconnected and > then re-detected by messages written to console. If you don't see > that, your usb mouse isn't being detected properly. > > Paul Schmehl > If it isn't already obvious, > my opinions are my own and not > those of my employer.