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| Some users have reported issues using the mouse in the virtual machine. The mouse may be enabled by appending the following to [.filename]#/boot/loader.conf#: |
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One sentence per line. Also, is there a reason to use loader.conf instead of the kld_list rc.conf(5) variable?
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Thanks, I put the sentence on a new line.
Also, is there a reason to use loader.conf instead of the kld_list rc.conf(5) variable?
Yes -- this module should be loaded at boot time. From the manpages:
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
device ums device hid device uhci device ohci device usbAlternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
ums_load="YES"
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ums&sektion=4&format=html
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When setting up FreeBSD 14 on my M1 macOS machine I ran across a couple of issues; I thought the fixes may be useful to other users, mainly:
/boot/loader.conf