From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 29 14:58:47 2007 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 7094616A417 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:58:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F202C13C45D for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:58:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o4so1063731uge for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:58:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=ozaNA6LVbTZd9KUwh8CCDjxma4vqx4Od9+i/XUwgj8bpwJD4U8KPDDpGzWxD7lpbGp1b6N+2EtmpdZoB1TTt/by7QtKZKk6+hBpYFYy0uSbJ00NkBS+E9cKT9jyswQm57qOeh1g/t+IvGLPLJ1ohWvkdgYgb1FyIgccoE8E0p+E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=iSNG2rQf97QZmNZz8cY3DCPIIdPt8HmVlNJWTQeTYOfnu7VQYHaEIE6zLwa/OXJKwb2fTvp98mSthH8h5mhyBI83wvCDr9mbH4TQftZBLS/w+wiWnMZSw2Jr+qjcFziXDQTpoMncrmEFic80LXwy1UbyCFon0EHk3R+KdmiQYFo= Received: by 10.66.220.12 with SMTP id s12mr4518289ugg.1185721125609; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:58:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from monju-bosatsu.dreamtrack.dnsalias.com ( [86.18.88.217]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g12sm1760845nfb.2007.07.29.07.58.41 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:58:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46ACAB1F.7090609@crackmonkey.us> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:58:39 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Maness References: <20070727190640.J15421@ns1.kq6up.org> <46AAA9FD.20706@crackmonkey.us> <46AAAC79.309@chrismaness.com> <46AABA18.7080205@u.washington.edu> <20070728095154.I11066@ns1.kq6up.org> <46AC95D3.5060008@crackmonkey.us> <20070729070957.L94300@ns1.kq6up.org> In-Reply-To: <20070729070957.L94300@ns1.kq6up.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Adam J Richardson Cc: Garrett Cooper , FreeBSD List Subject: Re: USB Mouse not Working 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: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:58:47 -0000 >>> I beleive in the past I have checked with >>> #cat /dev/ums0 >>> and if things are working corectly, cat display binary garbage on the screen when you wiggle the mouse. Try this after killing moused (moused makes ums0 unavailable). >> >> Perhaps the mouse is dead or dying? Mine keeps its USB cable on a >> little spindle, and to unreel the cable you have to tug on the cable. >> Not the best design since the cable is very thin and has taken damage >> over time. >> >> Adam J Richardson > > The mouse is working well on another system. Did you try my little > experiment? > > Chris Maness Trying it in a terminal under xfce4 and substituting /dev/sysmouse produces a torrent of spaces characters. I'm currently using a PS/2 mouse [ie. the "tit" mouse on an old laptop]. $ sudo cat /dev/sysmouse Perhaps the xfce4 terminal translates the garbage into spaces. Adam J Richardson