how to get mouse working?

[Antonio Olivares]

Dear all,

Specifying /dev/uhid0 in /etc/rc.conf causes a panic and machine drops to a
db>

shell.  I am booting into rescue mode(single user) run fsck and try to
edit /etc/rc.conf with /rescue/vi, but command not found.  I try
# ee /etc/rc.conf

and I get
# ee /etc/rc.conf
Error opening terminal: unknown.
#

How can I rescue the system?  Do I run with livedvd and try it from there?

I am having lots of trouble just to get a damn mouse to work :(
This should not be happening and is a real turnoff.  I have worked
around many things with different OSes but this time I am going
nowhere with this :(

Best Regards,


Antonio

On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Antonio Olivares
<olivares14031 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear sir,
>
> I will specify the port in /etc/rc.conf to use /dev/uhid0 and see if
> that works?  I have tried several things, in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, have
> no xorg.conf.  It has not worked as I would like.  I will get back on
> this one.
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Antonio
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Alex Hornung <alex at alexhornung.com> wrote:
>> On 2013-05-10 12:50, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>>>
>>> Any pointers other than the /dev/sysmouse or the /etc/rc.conf
>>> moused_enable="YES" which sadly have no effect are appreciated and
>>> will be tried out.
>>
>>
>> As has been pointed out, your mouse is not recognized as such - it's only
>> attaching as a generic HID device. You need ums to attach to it if you ever
>> want to use it as a mouse.
>>
>> I'd suggest you look at the VID/PID of your mouse and add that to whatever
>> ums uses to decide whether to attach or not.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Alex