My mouse won't work

[aroldgre]

Hi Geniuses,

I have decided to give FreeBSD a try; however, my mouse I can't get my mouse to work. I installed in VirtualBox and my host is windows 7 Ultimate. My VirtualBox version is 4.1.8 r... I am using a Microsoft wireless mouse. I am pretty sure I did something wrong. Can anyone please give me some suggestions?

I always value your efforts,
aroldgre

 

[SirDice]

Add to /etc/rc.conf:

moused_enable="YES"

Then
# service moused start
Or simply reboot.

The type of mouse (PS/2, USB) is not relevant in your case. It will get 'virtualized' and will be presented to the guest OS as a PS/2 mouse.

 

[wblock@]

If you're running a text console, SirDice's method will work.

If you're running X, typically dbus and hal need to be enabled and running:
/etc/rc.conf

dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"

# service dbus start
# service hald start

See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html.

 

[Dru]

http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=18403

http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox

/etc/xorg.conf

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Mouse0"
        Driver "vboxmouse"
EndSection

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