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Subject: Re: USB mice
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On 2005-12-25 09:13, "Russell J. Wood" <rjw@dynode.net> wrote:
>On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 09:29:53AM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote:
>>Russell J. Wood" <rjw@dynode.net> wrote:
>>>On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 03:36:28AM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote:
>>>> It seems to me that the way FreeBSD is catching up with new
>>>> hardware leaves you unsatisfied. One has to choose, upon boot, the
>>>> option to use an USB keyboard by hand, and I have found no way to
>>>> make a USB mouse to work.  The OS broadly supports serial mice and
>>>> hardly PS/2 mice, both almost out of the market nowadays. Are USB
>>>> mice supported by FreeBSD?
>>>
>>> I have a USB keyboard and I don't have to choose the ``USB
>>> Keyboard'' option at start up. Also, I have a USB Mouse hooked up
>>> via a hub in my keyboard. Works fine.
>>
>> Are they, your keyboard and your mouse, wireless?
>
> No, they are not. However, before this setup I was using a complete
> wireless setup. Logictec keyboard/mouse combination, from memory.

USB mice are supported, but I'm not sure about install time.  I very
rarely install from a CD-ROM these days and even when I do, I don't use
the mouse at all.