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Subject: Re: USB mouse support
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On Mon November 29 2004 02:32, Robert Huff wrote:
> Trey Sizemore writes:
> >  OK...making some progress now.  I have these entries (except I'm
> >  using /dev/psm0 for the time being) and now the mouse is jumping
> >  to the upper left corner of the screen and flickering menus
> >  mysteriously.  Moving the mouse only causes the flickering.  I
> >  used another PS/2 connected mouse (wired this time -> MS Optical
> >  USB) and it gave the exact same behavior).
>
>  This sounds very like a known problem some time ago involving
> the ACPI code,  I don't remember what the outcome was, but you
> should check the archives of the questions@ and current@ lists for
> more info.
>

ISTR that this can happen if the protocol is set incorrectly

Trey, do you have moused_type set to "auto" in rc.conf?

Regards,

Mark