From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Nov 23 19:47: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from stimpy.rkl.org (dv198s39.lawrence.ks.us [24.124.39.198]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91FC137B405 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:47:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost.rkl.org [127.0.0.1]) by stimpy.rkl.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAO3l1d01346 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 21:47:02 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from rklosh@rkl.org) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 21:47:01 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <20011123.214701.74753931.rklosh@rkl.org> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.4-Stable + USB question... From: "Ryan K. Losh" In-Reply-To: <20011123202539.F24083@pir.net> References: <20011123193710.D24083@pir.net> <20011123.190454.74703633.rklosh@rkl.org> <20011123202539.F24083@pir.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.0 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From: Peter Radcliffe Subject: Re: 4.4-Stable + USB question... Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 20:25:39 -0500 > "Ryan K. Losh" 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message