USB Mouse doen't work in FreeBSD 5.1

ivan georgiev ioang at verizon.net
Wed Nov 5 15:41:49 PST 2003


> Doesn't work my Genius Optical Wheel Mouse (USB)...
> MotheBoard - Gigabyte GA-8SG667.
> /boot/loader.conf:
> ---
> uhid_load = "YES"
> ums_load = "YES"
> ---
> /etc/X11/XF86Config:
> ---
> Protocol "Auto"
> Device "/dev/sysmouse"
> ---
> Kernel standard (installation)...
> Thanks for any clues.

Does your mouse work in the console? Check if /dev/ums0 is created. If 
it is not then you should probably buy another mouse. I had this 
problem before - I bought one really cheap optical USB mouse which 
didn't work. When I bought logitech - no problems ever since.

itg



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