USB Mouse not Working

[Chris Maness]

> Chris Maness wrote:
>> Adam J Richardson wrote:
>>> Chris Maness wrote:
>>>> I am having issues getting my USB mouse running.  I don't get any error 
>>>> messages of the sort, and when I do #cat /dev/ums0 I don't get any funny 
>>>> garbage like I normally do out of a IO device. (That is after I kill 
>>>> moused).
>>>> 
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>> 
>>> I had this. I had to start some daemon before starting X... what was it 
>>> now... devd? usbd? psmd? moused? Something like that, anyway. And I had to 
>>> specify the "mouse port" IIRC. You know, something like "moused -p 
>>> /dev/ums0".
>>> 
>>> Adam J Richardson
>> I tried that, but I get nothing.  Should I expect to see garbage from #cat 
>> /dev/sysmouse and then move the mouse around?  Can you do that in console 
>> mode, and see if that gives you anything?
>> 
>> Chris Maness
>
>   moused(1) with usbd(1). Don't forget to compile uhid, ums, and all other 
> dependent drivers into the kernel, either statically or as modules (man ums, 
> uhid will get you on your way here).
>
>   Try moused with auto detection, using /dev/ums0. If you don't see anything 
> about a USB mouse being attached in dmesg, you don't have the right drivers 
> compiled for your kernel. If you do, moused / usbd hasn't been setup yet.
>
>   cat /dev/sysmouse will yield you the info you seek in the end, but you 
> should try /dev/ums0 first, because that will work regardless of whether or 
> not moused is started.
>
> Good luck :),
> -Garrett
>

The mouse seems to get detected perfectly and this is the GENERIC kernel 
build that has the modules.  The mouse gets detected and listed at boot 
time.  However, I don't think I am getting data out of the mouse port.

I beleive in the past I have checked with

#cat /dev/ums0

and if things are working corectly, cat display binary garbage on the 
screen when you wiggle the mouse.  Try this after killing moused (moused 
makes ums0 unavailable).

Chris Maness