8.0 release serial mouse not working
Fbsd1
fbsd1 at a1poweruser.com
Thu Nov 26 10:08:24 UTC 2009
Polytropon wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:57:32 +0800, Fbsd1 <fbsd1 at a1poweruser.com> wrote:
>> From the 8.0 release notes is the following
>> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/relnotes-detailed.html
>>
>> [amd64, i386] The uart(4) is now the default driver for serial port
>> devices in favor of the sio(4) driver. Note that the device nodes have
>> been renamed with /dev/cuauN and /dev/ttyuN.
>>
>> tested these rc.conf statements
>>
>> moused_port="/dev/cuau0"
>> moused_type="intellimouse"
>> moused_enable="YES"
>>
>> serial mouse works again
>
> Can confirm.
>
>
>
>> This means sysinstall mouse config needs to be changed to reflect the
>> new dev names.
>
> That's correct. The handbook sec. 2.10.10 and fig. 2-44 would
> need an update, too.
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/install-post.html
>
>
>
submitted PR
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=140887
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