Cut/Paste with USB mouse inoperative

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Thu Nov 12 20:43:45 UTC 2009


On Thu, 12 Nov 2009, Polytropon wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:40:11 -0500, Carmel <carmel_ny at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Well, the results of that test does not exactly exhilarate me.
>>
>> # moused -f -d -p /dev/ums0
>> moused: unable to open /dev/ums0: Device busy
>
> Seems that there's already a moused running.

Common with USB mice.  /etc/defaults/rc.conf has 
moused_nondefault_enable="YES", and rc.conf(5) says:

"Having this variable set to YES allows a usb(4) mouse, for example, to 
be enabled as soon as it is plugged in.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA


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