Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 21:47:01 -0600 (CST) From: "Ryan K. Losh" <rklosh@rkl.org> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.4-Stable + USB question... Message-ID: <20011123.214701.74753931.rklosh@rkl.org> In-Reply-To: <20011123202539.F24083@pir.net> References: <20011123193710.D24083@pir.net> <20011123.190454.74703633.rklosh@rkl.org> <20011123202539.F24083@pir.net>
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From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net>
Subject: Re: 4.4-Stable + USB question...
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 20:25:39 -0500
> "Ryan K. Losh" <rklosh@rkl.org> probably said:
> > I was trying to get the mouse working with moused. I didn't figure
> > any of the devices which were pointed at /dev/sysmouse would work
> > unless moused did...
>
> You've got that the wrong way around. Until you point something like X
> at /dev/sysmouse you're not going to get any moused output anywhere
> useful.
>
Perhaps I'm not being clear, again. On the text console, I believe
moused is process that allows the mouse to be used on the text-based
virtual terminals (alt-F1 through alt-F8 by default on FreeBSD). When
I haven't inserted the USB <=> PS/2 cable, and I'm not running X, on the
text console, I can use the built-in laptop mouse to move the mouse
cursor, select and paste text between the VC's, etc. That works
fine...
When I insert the USB <=> PS/2 cable, I see the kernel messages on the
console that were included in a previous posting. I can use
kbdcontrol to switch the keyboard from the laptop to the external
one. I can use the *Laptop* mouse, and it works as stated above.
When I use the *External* mouse hooked to the USB <=> PS/2 cable,
nothing (on the screen) happens. The mouse cursor does not appear,
nor does it move when I move the mouse. Unless I'm mistaken, if
moused doesn't respond on the text console, it won't pass those mouse
events on to /dev/sysmouse for X to use either...I've checked my
XF86Config, and it already uses the /dev/sysmouse device...
The device I'm using is the "QVS USB to PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse
Adaptor," model number USB-PS2Y. The cable looks similar to the
following:
/---------------\ /--wire-----[PS/2Mouse]
[USB]---wire------------|Solid Plastic |-<
\---------------/ \--wire-----[PS/2Keyboard]
Any ideas???
Ryan
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