usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

[Chip]

Chip wrote:
> Thanks for the tip, did that, and verified that the mouse is set to 
> auto in the mouse section, still no mouse in any X window manager. 
> Back out at the terminal I unplugged the mouse and plugged it back in 
> and get this error -
> unable to open /dev/ums0: no such file or directory
> but when I view the directory /dev there is ums0 in the directory.
> -- 
> Chip
>
One more note: I ran sysinstall and the mouse does work in the section 
to configure the mouse. But not in X still.


> Paul Schmehl wrote:
>> --On June 26, 2008 6:34:37 PM -0700 Chip <chip at wiegand.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I ran update.locatedb, twice, and ran locate xorg.conf and locate
>>> xorg.conf.new. The only result was for xorg.conf found in
>>> /usr/local/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz
>>>
>>
>> You need to run, as root, "# Xorg -configure" and create an xorg.conf 
>> file.  Then follow the instructions on the screen and run X using the 
>> xorg.conf.new file that it creates to verify that X will work.
>>
>> If it does, copy the xorg.conf.new file to /etc/xorg.conf and your 
>> mouse should work fine.
>>
>> Paul Schmehl
>> If it isn't already obvious,
>> my opinions are my own and not
>> those of my employer.
>
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