From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 12 08:21:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE27716A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 08:21:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lurch.noc.sgi.net (lurch.noc.sgi.net [208.40.181.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09C8F43D54 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 08:21:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from streiner@stargate.net) Received: (qmail 25623 invoked by uid 100); 12 Apr 2004 15:19:11 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Apr 2004 15:19:11 -0000 Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:19:10 -0400 (EDT) From: "Streiner, Justin" X-X-Sender: streiner@lurch To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <407AE598.3040504@alzogbi.com> Message-ID: References: <407AE598.3040504@alzogbi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: Detecting a USB mouse without a restart X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:21:37 -0000 On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote: > I want to be able to issue commands so my FreeBSD 4.9 can detect my > just-attached-it USB mouse without restarting the system. The mouse is > detected and operational if I've attached it before switching on the > machine. That may depend on the kind of USB mouse you use. I have a Logitech optical USB mouse and a generic 5.2.1 installation picked it up with mo major issues with I first plugged it in. jms