RELENG_6 and a Razer Copperhead mouse don't work

lars lars at gmx.at
Fri Feb 17 08:54:26 PST 2006


lars wrote:
>> I have a Diamondback that works well under Xorg and console:
>>
>> ums0: Razer Razer Diamondback Optical Mouse, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2,
>> iclass 3/1
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>>         Driver      "mouse"
>>         Option      "Protocol" "auto"
>>         Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>>         Option          "Buttons" "5"
>>         Option          "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>> EndSection
>>
>> I think that enabling usdb in /etc/rc.conf will kickstart moused,
>> giving you console access to the mouse; and this even though moused is
>> disabled by default in /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
> Thanks, it was the entry in /etc/rc.conf which I changed to:
> 
> 
> 
> usbd_enable="YES"
> 
> moused_enable="YES"
> moused_type="auto"
> moused_port="/dev/sysmouse"
> 
> 
> 
> Before, it was with
> moused_port="/dev/ums0"
> 
> It's a bit jumpy, not to say erratic, and selects things by itself,
> but maybe I need to twiddle with some settings in KDE.
> But it works now, neat.
> 
> Thanks a lot for the pointer, Joe.
> 
> Regards,
> lars.
Unfortunately I couldn't solve the problem with the erratic
auto-selecting mouse, so I exchanged it for a different laser mouse.

A Microsoft mouse ironically, works flawlessly and costs 30% less.


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