Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:06:05 +0000 From: Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com> To: amvandemore@gmail.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mouse not working - X or console Message-ID: <4A874D6D.3040908@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6201873e0908151944t8f1d43kefb46661a8ff88eb@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A872070.8060102@gmail.com> <6201873e0908151944t8f1d43kefb46661a8ff88eb@mail.gmail.com>
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> Do you have > > moused_enable="YES" > > in /etc/rc.conf? > > Do you have xorg drivers installed for kb and mouse? > > eg > > xf86-input-keyboard-1.3.2_2 > xf86-input-mouse-1.4.0_6 > After some work on IRC I got to the following: I have X compiled WITH hald. dbus and hald are enabled and running All relevant drivers are installed. /dev/sysmouse exists. The mouse works for a tiny bit and then fails. Its a laptop mouse - but it might be connected to the USB bus; 8.0 has better support for USB so I'm running freebsd-update currently to determine if it fixes the problem. -- Eitan Adler "Security is increased by designing for the way humans actually behave." -Jakob Nielsen
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