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From: "Russell J. Wood" <rjw@dynode.net>
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Subject: Re: USB mice
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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