Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 01:15:35 +0000 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> To: Shaun Friedle <shaun@insipidity.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My USB mouse not working in FreeBSD 5.1 Message-ID: <40146A37.4070505@cream.org> In-Reply-To: <000d01c3e3a6$01c0ba70$0f01a8c0@SHAUN> References: <000d01c3e3a6$01c0ba70$0f01a8c0@SHAUN>
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Shaun Friedle wrote: > Hi, > I am very new to FreeBSD, but I'm trying to learn how to use it. This is made very difficult by not having a mouse. > > I have tried searching on Google for a few hours, but haven't fixed the problem yet. Anyway, here it is: > > My mouse is a "Logitech Cordless Desktop iTouch" optical USB mouse. Hmmmm - I can remember some people reporting problems with these mice - but I had one that worked flawlessly. > /dev/ums0 does exist. > > If I try to set up the mouse deamon in /stand/sysinstall the cursor will not move when set to Auto (or any other protocol). > > If I do "moused -p /dev/ums0" I get "moused: unable to open /dev/ums0: Device busy". That's becuase there should already be a moused running. usbd will start a new moused when it discovers a mouse connected. Do a 'ps ax|grep moused' and see if moused is already running > dmesg finds everything alright: > ums0: Logitech USB Receiver, rev 1.10/13.10, addr 2, iclass 3/1 > ums0: 5 buttons and Z dir. > > When I try to use X everything is OK, but I just can't mouse the cursor. Then in your X config you should be able to use /dev/sysmouse Hope that gets you up and running! Cheers. P.S. There's a mailing list for UK FreeBSD users - have a look at http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org - it can go pretty quiet but is good for UK-related chat ;)
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