mouse not working - X or console

[Eitan Adler]

> Do you have
> 
> moused_enable="YES"
> 
> in /etc/rc.conf?
> 
> Do you have xorg drivers installed for kb and mouse?
> 
> eg
> 
> xf86-input-keyboard-1.3.2_2
> xf86-input-mouse-1.4.0_6
> 

After some work on IRC I got to the following:
I have X compiled WITH hald.
dbus and hald are enabled and running
All relevant drivers are installed.
/dev/sysmouse exists.

The mouse works for a tiny bit and then fails.

Its a laptop mouse - but it might be connected to the USB bus; 8.0 has
better support for USB so I'm running freebsd-update currently to
determine if it fixes the problem.


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Eitan Adler
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