moused(8): Start moused with devd

It is appeared that currently starting of moused does not depend on
moused_enable variable value in rc.conf. That leads to missing USB mice
support in default configuration. Start moused in traditional per
device mode with devd to follow POLA.

One daemon per system mode still can be enabled with setting of
moused_port="auto"
moused_nondefault_enable="NO"
variables in /etc/rc.conf

To revert to sysmouse mode add moused_type="sysmouse" to /etc/rc.conf

Reported by:	many
Requested by:	glebius
Reviewed by:	glebius
MFC after:	1 day
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52430
This commit is contained in:
Vladimir Kondratyev
2025-09-21 16:14:49 +03:00
parent 1335bf5ce1
commit 66e7f048f0
3 changed files with 17 additions and 7 deletions
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@@ -586,11 +586,11 @@ font8x14="NO" # font 8x14 from /usr/share/{syscons,vt}/fonts/* (or NO).
font8x8="NO" # font 8x8 from /usr/share/{syscons,vt}/fonts/* (or NO).
blanktime="300" # blank time (in seconds) or "NO" to turn it off.
saver="NO" # screen saver: Uses /boot/kernel/${saver}_saver.ko
moused_nondefault_enable="NO" # Treat non-default mice as enabled unless
moused_nondefault_enable="YES" # Treat non-default mice as enabled unless
# specifically overridden in rc.conf(5).
moused_enable="NO" # Run the mouse daemon.
moused_type="evdev" # See man page for rc.conf(5) for available settings.
moused_port="auto" # Set to your mouse port.
moused_port="/dev/psm0" # Set to your mouse port.
moused_flags="" # Any additional flags to moused.
mousechar_start="NO" # if 0xd0-0xd3 default range is occupied in your
# language code table, specify alternative range
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@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ moused_svcj="NO"
# expected to be the mouse device.
#
if [ -n "$2" ]; then
eval moused_$2_enable=\${moused_$2_enable-${moused_nondefault_enable}}
rcvar="moused_${2}_enable"
pidfile="${pidprefix}.$2.pid"
ms=`basename $2`
eval moused_${ms}_enable=\${moused_${ms}_enable-${moused_nondefault_enable}}
rcvar="moused_${ms}_enable"
pidfile="${pidprefix}.${ms}.pid"
pidarg="-I $pidfile"
fi
@@ -45,10 +46,10 @@ moused_start()
# the moused_port variable, which if not defined sets it to the
# passed in device name.
#
ms=$1
ms=`basename $1`
if [ -n "$ms" ]; then
eval myflags=\${moused_${ms}_flags-$moused_flags}
eval myport=\${moused_${ms}_port-/dev/$ms}
eval myport=\${moused_${ms}_port-/dev/$1}
eval mytype=\${moused_${ms}_type-$moused_type}
if [ -n "$mytype" ] && check_kern_features evdev_support; then
typearg="-t ${mytype}"