Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:06:56 +0800 From: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 8.0 release serial mouse not working Message-ID: <4B0E1B00.2090408@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <20091126053651.e4ac2766.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4B0DF955.50707@a1poweruser.com> <20091126053651.e4ac2766.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:43:17 +0800, Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> wrote: >> Been using the same serial mouse since release 7.0 through 7.1 and 7.2. >> Just installed release 8.0 and the rc.conf statements >> dont work any longer. >> >> >> # serial port radioshack 2 button mouse >> moused_port="/dev/cuad0" >> moused_type="intellimouse" >> moused_enable="YES" >> >> Nothing has changed on the box hardware. >> Mouse worked in 7.2 but not in 8.0 >> >> I even tried sysinstall/configure/mouse to test other options and none >> worked. >> >> Has serial mouse support been dropped in release 8.0 and not removed >> from sysinstall????? > > I'm not sure about the moused_port, it's some time ago that > I've used a serial mouse, but I had > > moused_enable="YES" > moused_port="/dev/cuaa0" > moused_type="mousesystems" > moused_flags="-r 300 -a 2.0" > > in /etc/rc.conf - cuaa0 instead of cuad0. > > For some checking, why not use > > moused -f -i all -p /dev/cuad0 > > and > > moused -f -d -t auto -p /dev/cuad0 > > for some checking? > > > I checked /dev and there are no cuaa* or cuad* In 7.2 used the sysinstall/configur/mouse menu and it was the one that crated the moused_port="/dev/cuad0" rc.conf statment as showen in first post. /dev does have cuau0 & cuau1 for uucp dialer. could this be the names of the serial ports in 8.0?
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