USB mouse and keyboard problems with 5.2.1-Release

[John Baldwin]

On Wednesday 23 June 2004 09:55 am, Chris Miller wrote:
> I have a Toshiba P25-609 that I am running 5.2.1-Release on.  I normally
> use this computer as a portable desktop and always have a USB mouse
> plugged into it.  As long as the mouse is plugged in when I boot it
> works great, but if I unplug it while the system is running and then
> plug it back in again it stops working. (Or if it is unplugged when I
> boot and then plug it in after the system is up it doesn't work.)
>
> I have tried 3 different mice (all optical) and each of them behaves the
> same.  I assume that there is just something stupid that I am missing to
> make it work, but for the life of me I can't figure it out.  If I plug
> it in while the system is running the tracking LED won't even come on.

Hmm, my USB mice all work fine when plugged, unplugged so I'm not sure what 
you are running into there.  As far as keyboards, you currently have to tell 
FreeBSD to use the USB keyboard via 'kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1' using the PS/2 
keyboard (yes, this is rather lame, hopefully someday the keyboard driver 
will be fixed to mux the inputs from all the physical keyboards)

> The track pad also doesn't work at all.  (In windows it is listed as an
> ALPS on a PS/2 port.  It also works fine in Linux)

Since you don't have a /dev/psm0, it appears the kernel isn't seeing the 
device at all.  Do any 'psm' lines show up in your dmesg?

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