logitech cordless mouse w/ freebsd 5.3 stable

Eric eric at bsdunix.us
Sun Mar 13 18:26:46 PST 2005


My ugly mouse hack:
 I am sure this question has already been answered, although I couldn't 
find the answer via google.

Hardware and Software:
Logitech USB cordless mouse M/N:M-RN67 P/N:851390-0000 w/ ps/2 adapter
Auravision slimseries ps/2 keyboard /w wire
a starband kvm switch, 4 port PS/2 for both keyboard and mouse w/ extern 
power source.
FreeBSD 5.3 stable cpu=2.8 cel

Using the ps/2 adapter with my mouse, was required to use the kvm.

dmesg reports this for my mouse by default:

psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> flags 0x24 irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4

the mouse will not work.

appending: hint.psm.0.flags="0x204"
to /boot/device.hints

I now get this via dmesg:

psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> flags 0x204 irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0

I then edited /etc/rc.conf and disabled my console mouse (moused) (which 
I would prefere worked)

moused_enable="NO"

I then edit the pointer section of  /etc/X11/xorg.conf to:

    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "Auto"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/bpsm0"

notice that is the "b" psm device that i am using which is for blocking 
mode or bpsm

At any rate, the mouse now works in X, through the kvm, and through usb 
to ps/2 adapter.

I hope this helps someone else  :)
YMMV,
Eric




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