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On Wed, 13 Oct 2010, 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.

See also the entry in /etc/defaults/rc.conf:

moused_nondefault_enable="YES"