USB mice don't work

[Daniel Molina Wegener]

   On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 05:27:51PM +0100,
   Moritz Lipfert wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> on every start of FreeBSD 6.0-stable amd64 the kernel reports
> "device problem (set_addr_failed)..." and my USB mice
> don't work. I've tested a Logitech MX518 and a Microsoft
> IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0. The LEDs of the optical sensors are
> not working. The USB-daemon is started and I already tried to
> configure the mice with sysinstall. Nothing helped.
> 
> How can I solve this problem? Any ideas?

  If you use moused, try de "auto" in the mouse type parameter.
  From the moused(8) manual page:
  --- BEGIN QUOTE --
  For the USB mouse, the protocol must be auto.  No other protocol
  will work with the USB mouse.
  --- END QUOTE ---

  Also, use the same moused in the X Windows System.

> System specs:
> AMD Athlon64 3500+
> 2x 512MB Corsair Memory
> MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (nVidia nForce3)
> ATi Radeon X800XT-PE
> 
> In Linux both mice work flawlessly!
>
> Best regards,
> MorLipf
> [SNIP]

Regards
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