ums

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

ums_load="YES"

The ums driver provides support for mice that attach to the USB port. Supported are mice with any number of buttons and mice with a wheel.

The /dev/ums0 device presents the mouse as a sysmouse or mousesystems type device. See moused(8) for an explanation of these mouse types.

/dev/ums0

blocking device node

Use the first USB mouse on the system as your console mouse:

To be able to use the USB mouse under X, change the "Pointer" section in xorg.conf to the following:

If you want to be able to use the mouse in both virtual consoles as well as in X change it to:

ohci(4), sysmouse(4), uhci(4), usb(4), xorg.conf(5) (ports/x11/xorg), moused(8)

The ums driver was written by Lennart Augustsson ⟨augustss@cs.chalmers.se⟩ for NetBSD and was adopted for FreeBSD by MAEKAWA Masahide ⟨bishop@rr.iij4u.or.jp⟩.

This manual page was written by Nick Hibma ⟨n_hibma@FreeBSD.org⟩ with input from Kazutaka YOKOTA ⟨yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp⟩.