ports/122363: x11-servers/xorg-server 1.4_7, 1 locks up on mouse detection

[Jung-uk Kim]

On Wednesday 02 April 2008 04:29 pm, Warren Block wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Apr 2008, Jung-uk Kim wrote:
> > Nothing seems obviously wrong to me. :-( In fact, I was not able
> > to replicate the problem, i.e., hal, xorg-server, USB mouse, PS/2
> > mouse, and moused on /dev/ums0.  Is moused running on /dev/ums0
> > and/or /dev/psm0?
> >
> > ps -p `pgrep -x moused`
> >
> > If not, please add the following line in /etc/rc.conf and reboot:
> >
> > moused_enable="YES"
>
> moused_enable was "NO", and enabling it fixes the problem, allowing
> xorg-server to continue startup.
>
> The new requirement for moused should be mentioned in
> /usr/ports/UPDATING.
>
> The combination of moused disabled, hald, and xorg-server 1.4_7
> stops/locks on mouse detection and prevents keyboard console
> switching. That seems like a bug.
>
> New xorg log XINPUT section:
>
> (II) evaluating device (Keyboard0)
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type:
> KEYBOARD) (II) evaluating device (Mouse0)
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
> (II) Mouse0: SetupAuto: hw.iftype is 4, hw.model is 0
> (II) Mouse0: SetupAuto: protocol is SysMouse, level is 1
> ...and continues on, unlike the earlier log.

Good.  If you still want to turn off moused on /dev/psm0, you may try 
to specify mouse protocol in /etc/xorg.conf because your mouse does 
not work with PS/2 protocol and auto-detection does not work for you.

Jung-uk Kim