Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:57:32 +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: <4B0E26DC.5030500@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <20091126072429.024f4eaa.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4B0DF955.50707@a1poweruser.com> <20091126053651.e4ac2766.freebsd@edvax.de> <4B0E1B00.2090408@a1poweruser.com> <20091126072429.024f4eaa.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:06:56 +0800, Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> wrote: >> I checked /dev and there are no cuaa* or cuad* > > Confirmed, 8.0-RC1 with GENERIC kernel (my toyaround machine). > >> 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. > > That should have been the correct setting. On version 7, I > have /dev/cuad0, /dev/cuad0.init and /dev/cuad0.lock. On > version 8, there's /dev/cuau0, /dev/cuau0.init and > /dev/cuau0.lock instead. > > Maybe loading a kernel module is required to have the > serial ports available again? > > > >> /dev does have cuau0 & cuau1 for uucp dialer. could this be the names of >> the serial ports in 8.0? > > It seems that they don't work for the mouse because they're > something different. > > I think there's another problem rising: Assume you want to > have a serial dialin line (e. g. for a serial terminal), then > you would have something like > > ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.115200" vt320 on secure > > in /etc/ttys. The question would be: If /dev/ttyd0 does not > exist anymore, how to make this work again? > > > > From the 8.0 release notes is the following http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/relnotes-detailed.html [amd64, i386] The uart(4) is now the default driver for serial port devices in favor of the sio(4) driver. Note that the device nodes have been renamed with /dev/cuauN and /dev/ttyuN. tested these rc.conf statements moused_port="/dev/cuau0" moused_type="intellimouse" moused_enable="YES" serial mouse works again This means sysinstall mouse config needs to be changed to reflect the new dev names.
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