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Date:      Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:22:51 +0200
From:      Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se>
To:        Walter Hurry <walterhurry@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD9 - I can't get my mouse to work
Message-ID:  <4FCE94CB.4060309@bananmonarki.se>
In-Reply-To: <jqm3sr$1l5$1@dough.gmane.org>
References:  <jqm3sr$1l5$1@dough.gmane.org>

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2012-06-06 01:14, Walter Hurry skrev:
> Firstly, sorry if this is a bit of a newbie question. I am quite new to
> FreeBSD (though fairly experienced at Linux). Almost everything in FreeBSD
> is fine, except that no matter what I try I cannot get the (USB) mouse to
> work.
>
> I have scoured the handbook, and Googled, but to no avail.
>
> This is 9.0-RELEASE on amd64 - fully updated.
>
> I don't need the mouse in consoles, but I do want it in X.
>
> Here is my xorg.conf in its entirety:
>
> ##################################
> Section "ServerLayout"
>      Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
>      Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>      InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>      InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>      Option         "Clone" "off"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option         "AutoAddDevices" "On"

Set this to off.

> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>      ModulePath   "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Liberation/"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/LinLibertineG/"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF/"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/bitstream-vera/"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/dejavu/"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/URW/"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>      Load           "ddc"
>      Load           "dbe"
>      Load           "extmod"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>      Identifier     "Keyboard0"
>      Driver         "keyboard"
>      Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
>      Option         "XkbLayout" "gb"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>      Identifier     "Mouse0"
>      Driver         "mouse"
>      Option         "Protocol" "auto"
>      Option         "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>      Identifier     "Monitor0"
>      VendorName     "Monitor Vendor"
>      ModelName      "Monitor Model"
> EndSection
>
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>      Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
>      Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>      InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>      InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>      Option         "Clone" "off"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option         "AutoAddDevices" "On"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>      ModulePath   "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Liberation/"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/LinLibertineG/"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF/"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/bitstream-vera/"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/dejavu/"
>      FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/URW/"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>      Load           "ddc"
>      Load           "dbe"
>      Load           "extmod"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>      Identifier     "Keyboard0"
>      Driver         "keyboard"
>      Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
>      Option         "XkbLayout" "gb"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>      Identifier     "Mouse0"
>      Driver         "mouse"
>      Option         "Protocol" "auto"
>      Option         "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>      Identifier     "Monitor0"
>      VendorName     "Monitor Vendor"
>      ModelName      "Monitor Model"
> EndSection
>
>
> Section "Device"
>      Identifier     "Card0"
>      Screen          0
>      Driver         "radeonhd"
>      VendorName     "Radeon Video Driver"
>      Option         "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
>      Option         "AccelMethod" "EXA"
>      Option         "DRI" "true"
>      BusID          "PCI:1:5:0"
> EndSection
>
>
> Section "Screen"
>      Identifier     "Screen0"
>      Device         "Card0"
>      Monitor        "Monitor0"
>      DefaultDepth   24
>      SubSection     "Display"
>          Depth      24
>          Modes      "1366x768"
>      EndSubSection
> EndSection
> ##################################
>
> and here are the relevant Xorg.0.log messages:
>
> ##################################
> (EE) config/hal: couldn't initialise context: unknown error (null)
> (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psm0
> (EE) PS/2 Mouse: cannot open input device
> (EE) PreInit returned NULL for "PS/2 Mouse"
> (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
> ((WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or
> 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
> (WW) Disabling Mouse0
> (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
> (WW) Usb Mouse: No Device specified, looking for one...
> (WW) PS/2 Mouse: No Device specified, looking for one...
> (WW) Usb Mouse: No Device specified, looking for one...
> (WW) Usb Mouse: No Device specified, looking for one...
> (WW) Usb Mouse: No Device specified, looking for one...
> (WW) Usb Mouse: No Device specified, looking for one...
> (WW) Usb Mouse: No Device specified, looking for one...
> (WW) Usb Mouse: No Device specified, looking for one...
> (WW) Usb Mouse: No Device specified, looking for one...
> ##################################
>
> Can anyone assist with this?
>
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