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Date:      Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:10:59 -0500
From:      Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>
To:        Chip <chip@wiegand.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X
Message-ID:  <8FD738FE56BA02CFFA81EE31@Macintosh.local>
In-Reply-To: <486443AD.20107@wiegand.org>
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--On June 26, 2008 6:34:37 PM -0700 Chip <chip@wiegand.org> wrote:

> I ran update.locatedb, twice, and ran locate xorg.conf and locate
> xorg.conf.new. The only result was for xorg.conf found in
> /usr/local/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz
>

You need to run, as root, "# Xorg -configure" and create an xorg.conf 
file.  Then follow the instructions on the screen and run X using the 
xorg.conf.new file that it creates to verify that X will work.

If it does, copy the xorg.conf.new file to /etc/xorg.conf and your mouse 
should work fine.

Paul Schmehl
If it isn't already obvious,
my opinions are my own and not
those of my employer.

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