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Date:      Fri, 1 Mar 2002 18:40:03 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>
To:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB Mouse and FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE
Message-ID:  <20020301174003.GC421@raggedclown.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020227093805.A58377@freebsd.tekrealm.net>
References:  <471677031.20020224021207@serebryakov.spb.ru> <20020225164813.A17782@freebsd.tekrealm.net> <20020227100004.A3555@shikima.mine.nu> <20020227093805.A58377@freebsd.tekrealm.net>

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On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 09:38:05AM -0800, Andrew Stuart wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 at 10:00:04 +0000, Rasputin wrote:
> > * Andrew Stuart <elitetek@tekrealm.net> [020226 00:53]:
> > > On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 at 02:12:07 +0300, Lev Serebryakov wrote:
> > 
> > > >   I could not get my USB mouse working.
> > > >   W2K sees this mouse as 'HID-compliant mouse'
> > > > 
> > > >   FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE sees this mouse:
> > > > 
> > > > >=== [dmesg filtered]
> > > > uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0x9400-0x941f irq 2 at device 7.2 on pci0
> > > > usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0
> > > > usb0: USB revision 1.0
> > > > uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> > > > uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> > > > ums0: Cypress Sem PS2/USB Browser Combo Mouse, rev 1.00/0.10, addr 2, iclass 3/1
> > > > ums0: 5 buttons and Z dir.
> > > > >===================
> > 
> > > Lev, do you have moused_enable="YES"
> > > in your /etc/rc.conf? If not i bet
> > > this is the problem. I posted an email
> > > to -questions about a week ago pointing
> > > out this problem, but no one has replied
> > > as of yet. add that to your rc.conf and reboot, and
> > > i bet it will work, let me know..
> > 
> > You don't need that (and shouldn't enable it) if you're using usbd,
> > since the mouse daemon is spawned by USB when the mouse is detected.
> > 
> > Since the OP was seeing moused running, I don't think this is the problem.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns ::
> 
> I hate to differ, but with my experiance, with 4.4 and 4.5 on 4 seperate
> machines, wtihout turning it on the usb mouse will not work. I know it
> is not needed, and that usbd handles it and that it can be modifed thru
> usbd.conf, but it doesnt work. I stumbled across it when i reactivated
> the ps/2 by turning on moused_enable in rc.conf, thats the only way i
> have got it to work, see my message on -questions regarding this for
> more details.
> 
Absolutely, I have submitted a PR about this.
You do need moused_enable, and you will probably get a complaint about
the mouse not being configured, but it seesm to trigger recognition of
the mouse. Without it USB mouse *does* not work.

-- 
Regards
   Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>

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