USB mouse support

[Trey Sizemore]

Mark Ovens wrote:

> Trey Sizemore wrote:
>
>> I've just installed FreeBSD 5.3 on my desktop machine (P4 2.8GHz with 
>> 512MB RAM) and cannot get my mouse pointer to move in KDE.  It is a 
>> Microsoft Wireless Optical 2.0 mouse (USB) and I have the following 
>> section in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
>>
>> Driver "mouse"
>> Option "Protocol" "Auto"
>> Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>> Option "Buttons" "7"
>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>
>> I have installed FreeBSD from the disc 1 ISO file and installed 
>> everything by default.  I have not done a kernel recomple at this point.
>>
>> Is this an issue with my xorg.conf file or a USB issue that requires 
>> a kernel recompile?  I did not see anything helpful in the Using X11 
>> in the manual.
>>
>
> They don't work :-( I have to run mine on PS/2 via an adaptor. There 
> is a patch in http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/70607 to 
> fix this. I tried the first version of the patch; the mouse worked but 
> there were other problems. There have been several modifications done 
> to the patch since then that I haven't tried.
>
>
I've just tried mine by using the PS/2 adaptor and it's not working here 
either.  The light on the 'base station' doesn't stay on.  Is your 
xorg.conf different than mine?

Thanks.