USB mouse problems

Jeremy Chadwick koitsu at FreeBSD.org
Mon Oct 6 18:01:00 UTC 2008


On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 07:23:00PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 10:05 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> > > I don't think this has something  to with a bios setting/jumper. My
> > > other USB ports are working fine ( I also have an USB keyboard plugged
> > > in).
> > > 
> > > Furthermore in Linux nor Vista I've encountered this problem. Therefor I
> > > suspect it must have something to do with FreeBSD. Maybe it's an bug? If
> > > someone has an solution that would be great!
> > 
> > FreeBSD's existing USB stack is known to be... shall we say, flaky.
> > It's well-established at this point.  The possibility of it being
> > related to FreeBSD's USB stack is very likely.
> > 
> > A new USB stack is available for CURRENT, but requires manual patching.
> > If you're willing to try this, you should get in contact with Alfred
> > Perlstein <alfred at freebsd.org> to discuss/get the patch.  Keep in mind
> > that this patch, as I stated, only applies to CURRENT, and not to
> > FreeBSD 7 or earlier.
> > 
> > You can download a CURRENT ISO here:
> > 
> > ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200809/
> > 
> 
> Lol, during my search for a solution I did see numerous problems with
> mice. Out of curiosity; is CURRENT the same as FreeBSD 7.1-BETA?

No -- significantly different.  CURRENT is "super alpha it's probably
going to break", while 7.1-BETA is simply the upcoming release of 7.1
which is slated to become -STABLE after a few months.

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