Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 20:31:44 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: current@freebsd.org, nick.hibma@jrc.it Subject: Re: usb keyboard? Message-ID: <199903240431.UAA68186@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:24:02 %2B0900." <199903240424.NAA21161@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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Okay, I owe you lots of kudos !! Did as you instructed: moused -p /dev/ums0 In my XF86Config file: Device "/dev/sysmouse" Protocol "Auto" One thing though: kbdcontrol appears not to have option : "-m on" So in summary I have my usb keyboard and usb mouse up and running and it works with X 8) Tnks! Amancio > > >Cool ! > > > > kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1 < /dev/ttyv0 > > > >Appears to work 8) > > > > > >Now I have to figure out how to add support for my mouse. Got no clue what > >protocol does it use . All I know is that is Macally USB mouse is going to be > >fun hunting for the mouse protocol 8) > > No, you don't need to find out protocol :-) > > Run moused to see how it recognizes the USB mouse: > > moused -i all -p /dev/ums0 > > It will print some info. Then start the mouse daemon as: > > moused -p /dev/ums0 > kbdcontrol -m on > > The mouse pointer is now available in the text console. In order to > use the USB mouse in the X session, you tell the X server that the > mouse is at /dev/sysmouse and its protocol type is "Auto" > > Device "/dev/sysmouse" > Protocol "Auto" > > If you decide not to use the mouse daemon and let the X sever directly > read from the USB mouse, you still tell the X server the mouse > protocol type is "Auto". > > Device "/dev/ums0" > Protocol "Auto" > > (If you are using XFree86 3.3.1 or earlier, the protocol type is > "MouseSystems".) > > Kazu > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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