misc/168938: moused enabled causes xorg startx to fail

[J B]

The following reply was made to PR misc/168938; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: J B <jb.1234abcd at gmail.com>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at freebsd.org, freebsd-bugs at freebsd.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: misc/168938: moused enabled causes xorg startx to fail
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:57:10 +0200

 On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 9:16 AM, J B <jb.1234abcd at gmail.com> wrote:
 > This is a bit strange.
 > To fix the problem I disabled moused in /etc/rc.conf .
 > I could 'startx' X session.
 > But 'ps' still showed moused processes:
 > $ ps auxww |grep -i mouse
 > root =A0 =A0 =A0 =A01286 =A0 0.0 =A00.1 =A0 9716 =A0 1148 =A0?? =A0Ss =A0=
  =A08:55AM =A00:01.02
 > /usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/ums0 -t auto -I /var/run/moused.ums0.pid
 > root =A0 =A0 =A0 =A01888 =A0 0.0 =A00.1 =A0 9716 =A0 1144 =A0?? =A0Is =A0=
  =A08:55AM =A00:00.00
 > /usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/psm0 -t auto
 > root =A0 =A0 =A0 =A02045 =A0 0.0 =A00.1 =A012340 =A0 2516 =A0?? =A0I =A0 =
 =A0 8:55AM =A00:00.01
 > hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse: /dev/psm0 (hald-addon-mouse-sy)
 > root =A0 =A0 =A0 =A02065 =A0 0.0 =A00.1 =A012340 =A0 2520 =A0?? =A0I =A0 =
 =A0 8:55AM =A00:00.01
 > hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse: /dev/ums0 (hald-addon-mouse-sy)
 > jb =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A02262 =A0 0.0 =A00.1 =A0 9748 =A0 1284 =A0 2 =A0S+ =
 =A0 =A09:03AM =A00:00.01
 > grep -i mouse
 >
 > I have 2 mouses: Lenovo thinkpad stick and external usb mouse.
 
 Oops, I must have goofed.
 Disabling moused in rc.conf did just that for the default (built-in) mouse.
 $ ps auxww|grep -i mouse
 root        1938   1.0  0.1  12340   2628  ??  S    10:31PM 0:00.92
 hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse: /dev/psm0 (hald-addon-mouse-sy)
 root        1287   0.0  0.1   9716   1148  ??  Ss   10:31PM 0:00.12
 /usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/ums0 -t auto -I /var/run/moused.ums0.pid
 root        1958   0.0  0.1  12340   2516  ??  I    10:31PM 0:00.01
 hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse: /dev/ums0 (hald-addon-mouse-sy)
 jb          2110   0.0  0.0   1928    708   1  R+   10:34PM 0:00.02
 grep -i mouse
 
 No problem with moused here.