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Date:      Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:04:10 -0500
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Ralph Ellis <ralphellis1@netscape.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB Mouse
Message-ID:  <20060719150410.GA32499@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
In-Reply-To: <200607190027.26131.ralphellis1@netscape.ca>
References:  <200607181804.49339.ralphellis1@netscape.ca> <20060718222856.GA24134@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <200607190027.26131.ralphellis1@netscape.ca>

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On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 12:27:25AM -0400, Ralph Ellis wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 July 2006 18:28, you wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 06:04:49PM -0400, Ralph Ellis wrote:
> > > I have a laptop with a touch pad and I would like to use my wireless =
USB
> > > mouse either at the same time as the touch pad or instead of the touch
> > > pad. I'm sure that this topic has been covered before but I have not =
been
> > > able to find clear information in the documentation about this. If an=
yone
> > > could point me to the appropriate documentation or mailing list archi=
ve,=20
> > > I would be happy to do a little reading.
> >
> > Just plug it in and they should both work as long as you are running
> > moused.
>=20
> As I get further into the documentation, I should be seeing a /dev/usm0 o=
r=20
> other numbered device in my /dev folder. When my system boots up, it sees=
 the=20
> mouse as /dev/uhid0 but moused will not recognize the mouse when I type
> moused -p /dev/uhid0 -t auto
> Do I need to create a usm0 device and link it somehow or is this just a c=
ase=20
> of faulty hardware detection?
> The touch pad mouse works just fine.

Ah, you have one of the uhid mice.  Those don't just work quite yet.  I
believe there are patches to either moused or uhid to support them.

-- Brooks

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