On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:09:43PM +0200, Stefan Bethke wrote:
> Am 12.10.2010 um 20:17 schrieb Gary Kline:
>
> > The USB keyboard works fine everywhere. But my USB mouse fails on
> > the FreeBSD platforms when I try to run X11. I *have* managed to get
> > the mouse working without X [i.e., in console mode]; and yes, the
> > cursor and the buttons work fine. But once I launch X--even simple
> > apps like twm or ctwm, the mouse pointer is dead.
>
> It doesn't sound like this issue is connected to your using a KVM at all, but
> rather your X configuration. If you have a second USB mouse, try plugging
> that in in addition to the KVM and see if there's any difference; I'm
> guessing not.
>
> Check you X config, and make sure dbus and hald are enabled in rc.conf and
> started.
>
A friend on -questions suggested that hal might be interfering.
I axed it from /etc/rc.conf.
Given that both mouse+keyboard are USB, what port should I be
using... ? I have tried editing my xorg.conf file. Zip so far.
I'll have my wife switch from my "Logitech" to an el-cheapo M$
USB mouse. See if anything happens...
thanks,
gary
>
> Stefan
>
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