From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 9 10:57:32 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B05A8106564A for ; Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:57:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from piotr.smyrak@heron.pl) Received: from sys.heron.com.pl (mail.heron.pl [89.174.255.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F22A8FC15 for ; Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:57:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from piotr.smyrak@heron.pl) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=poczta.heron.pl) by sys.heron.com.pl with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Lrrwo-0008pA-4w; Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:57:30 +0200 From: piotr.smyrak@heron.pl To: Martin Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:57:30 +0200 Message-Id: <20090409104532.M16424@heron.pl> In-Reply-To: <20090408224925.3dd1f8ab@zelda.local> References: <20090408190805.GA1368@smyrak.com> <20090408224925.3dd1f8ab@zelda.local> X-Mailer: WebMail at HERON 2.52 20060502 X-OriginatingIP: 217.153.67.210 (smyru) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no USB mice detected on GA-MA74GM-S2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:57:33 -0000 On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 22:49:25 +0200, Martin wrote > Am Wed, 8 Apr 2009 21:08:05 +0200 > schrieb Piotr Smyrak : > > > First I started with my old build of 6.2, then upgraded to 6.4 > > STABLE, to finally upgrade to 7.2 PRERELEASE in hope of fixing the > > issue. None of versions gave me USB mouse support. I have tried > > connecting 3 various mice. No luck. The only effect I can achieve > > after connecting a mouse, is a somewhat delayed message on console: > > I have had also problems with recent Gigabyte Mainboards > and USB mice. Something is really broken in this branch. > Unlike you, I could always get my mouse to work by re- > attaching it. You should perhaps take a look at the BIOS > USB settings, so you could get at least the re-attaching > work-around to work. > > BIOS settings that influence the behavior of USB mice are: > - any "legacy USB support" settings > - so-called "BIOS support for USB mice" I have 5 options regarding USB in the BIOS: * OnChip USB controller * USB EHCI controller * USB Keyboard support * USB Mouse support * Legacy USB storage detect Should mention in the original post, I have them all but the first one disabled. I have tried many combinations including disabling the OnChip controller totally. All in vain. > Because -STABLE has been really frustrating, I migrated > all my desktops to -CURRENT that has the new USB-v2 stack. > The USB problems disappeared there. > > I'm overall satisfied with -CURRENT. I've always wanted to > say that FreeBSD developers do a really great job on the > -CURRENT branch. It's running very stable and has plenty > of new features. I know I shouldn't recommend to migrate > to -CURRENT, but I'm almost sure, it runs much better than > every -CURRENT I've seen before and sometimes I have the > impression that it's even nicer than the -STABLE branch. Well, I am not scared by -CURRENT at all, but I was hesitating to upgrade main build since it is after all a moving target and I would like to keep my main work horse as much steady as possible. Thanks for suggestions, -- Piotr Smyrak piotr.smyrak@heron.pl