Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:09:16 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mouse problems.... Message-ID: <20101013230916.GA20439@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20101013231122.3b32695b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20101011193153.758efde5.freebsd@edvax.de> <4CB411AF.5050109@qeng-ho.org> <20101012221020.1a8dcd90.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101012233002.GA4957@thought.org> <20101013014326.6630e3b5.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101013032018.GA3163@thought.org> <20101013055906.bdc5f644.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010130854280.12928@wonkity.com> <20101013172931.GA18897@thought.org> <20101013231122.3b32695b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:11:22PM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:29:31 -0700, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote:
> > I just noticed that in rc.conf is:
> >
> >
> > # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Wed Oct 13 08:03:06 2010
> > moused_port="/dev/ums0"
> > moused_type="auto"
> > moused_enable="NO"
> >
> > and yet the console mouse is present. Strange... .
>
> Explaination: USB mice are handled by devd. So if the system
> detects the presence of a ums device, devd "remote-controls"
> moused to activate this mouse.
>
> # The entry below starts moused when a mouse is plugged in. Moused
> # stops automatically (actually it bombs :) when the device disappears.
> attach 100 {
> device-name "ums[0-9]+";
> action "/etc/rc.d/moused start $device-name";
> };
>
> This is from /etc/devd.conf.
>
>
Thanks for the pointer. It got me curious about what parsed
this file and I'm scanning devd.cc. ...
>
> --
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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