After recently updating to the "8.3" version and updating KDE to the latest version in the ports system, I have had nothing but problems getting the mouse and occasionally the keyboard to load. Both work fine when FreeBSD starts up; however, when starting KDE the mouse has a 50% chance of not working. The keyboard error is around 10%. This is a Microsoft® Wireless Comfort Keyboard 5000 and Microsoft® Wireless Mouse 5000
SYSTEM: FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE amd64 Excerpts form what I believe to be the pertinent data from the Xorg log files. The complete logs are available if required. <When it works> (II) config/hal: Adding input device Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0 (II) LoadModule: "mouse" (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.7.1 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 7.0 (WW) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: No Device specified, looking for one... (II) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Setting Device option to "/dev/sysmouse" (--) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Device: "/dev/sysmouse" (==) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Protocol: "Auto" (**) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: always reports core events (**) Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" (==) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Buttons: 9 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0" (type: MOUSE) (**) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1 (**) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: (accel) acceleration profile 0 (II) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: SetupAuto: hw.iftype is 4, hw.model is 0 (II) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: SetupAuto: protocol is SysMouse (II) config/hal: Adding input device Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0 <When it doesn't> (II) config/hal: Adding input device Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0 (II) LoadModule: "mouse" (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.7.1 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 7.0 (WW) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: No Device specified, looking for one... (II) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Setting Device option to "/dev/ums0" (--) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Device: "/dev/ums0" (==) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: Protocol: "Auto" (**) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: always reports core events (**) Option "Device" "/dev/ums0" (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/ums0 Device busy. (EE) Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0: cannot open input device (II) UnloadModule: "mouse" (EE) PreInit returned NULL for "Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver v7.0" (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) It appears to get confused between "/dev/sysmouse" and "/dev/ums0". I have used a Logitech board and mouse also but the problem still exists. I installed new batteries into both the keyboard and mouse and made sure the USB receiver was properly plugged in. This setup has worked since FreeBSD 8.0 with out a problem until now. When the keyboard craps out I have to either access the machine from another terminal or pull the plug. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ kde-freebsd mailing list kde-freebsd@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-freebsd See also http://freebsd.kde.org/ for latest information