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Date:      Sun, 25 Dec 2005 09:13:32 +0800
From:      "Russell J. Wood" <rjw@dynode.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB mice
Message-ID:  <20051225011332.GA24395@main.dynode.net>
In-Reply-To: <029b01c6089e$e3c8f210$210110ac@fortunato>
References:  <01a001c6086d$8c0d57e0$210110ac@fortunato> <20051224144330.GA21970@main.dynode.net> <029b01c6089e$e3c8f210$210110ac@fortunato>

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On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 09:29:53AM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Russell J. Wood" <rjw@dynode.net>
> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:43 AM
> Subject: Re: USB mice
> 
> 
> >On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 03:36:28AM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote:
> >>It seems to me that the way FreeBSD is catching up with new hardware 
> >>leaves
> >>you unsatisfied. One has to choose, upon boot, the option to use an USB
> >>keyboard by hand, and I have found no way to make a USB mouse to work. 
> >>The
> >>OS broadly supports serial mice and hardly PS/2 mice, both almost out of
> >>the market nowadays. Are USB mice supported by FreeBSD?
> >
> >I have a USB keyboard and I don't have to choose the ``USB Keyboard''
> >option at start up. Also, I have a USB Mouse hooked up via a hub in my
> >keyboard. Works fine.
> 
> Are they, your keyboard and your mouse, wireless?
> 
> Teilhard. 

No, they are not. However, before this setup I was using a complete
wireless setup. Logictec keyboard/mouse combination, from memory.

- Russell



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