8.0 release serial mouse not working

Fbsd1 fbsd1 at a1poweruser.com
Thu Nov 26 06:07:15 UTC 2009


Polytropon wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:43:17 +0800, Fbsd1 <fbsd1 at a1poweruser.com> wrote:
>> Been using the same serial mouse since release 7.0 through 7.1 and 7.2.
>> Just installed release 8.0 and the rc.conf statements
>> dont work any longer.
>>
>>
>> # serial port radioshack 2 button mouse
>> moused_port="/dev/cuad0"
>> moused_type="intellimouse"
>> moused_enable="YES"
>>
>> Nothing has changed on the box hardware.
>> Mouse worked in 7.2 but not in 8.0
>>
>> I even tried sysinstall/configure/mouse to test other options and none 
>> worked.
>>
>> Has serial mouse support been dropped in release 8.0 and not removed 
>> from sysinstall?????
> 
> I'm not sure about the moused_port, it's some time ago that
> I've used a serial mouse, but I had
> 
> 	moused_enable="YES"
> 	moused_port="/dev/cuaa0"
> 	moused_type="mousesystems"
> 	moused_flags="-r 300 -a 2.0"
> 
> in /etc/rc.conf - cuaa0 instead of cuad0.
> 
> For some checking, why not use
> 
> 	moused -f -i all -p /dev/cuad0
> 
> and
> 
> 	moused -f -d -t auto -p /dev/cuad0
> 
> for some checking?
> 
> 
> 
I checked /dev and there are no cuaa* or cuad*
In 7.2 used the sysinstall/configur/mouse menu and it was the one that 
crated the moused_port="/dev/cuad0" rc.conf statment as showen in first 
post.

/dev does have cuau0 & cuau1 for uucp dialer. could this be the names of 
the serial ports in 8.0?



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