diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.conf b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.conf
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
@@ -586,11 +586,11 @@
 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
diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/moused b/libexec/rc/rc.d/moused
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/moused
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/moused
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@
 # 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 @@
 	# 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}"
diff --git a/sbin/devd/moused.conf b/sbin/devd/moused.conf
--- a/sbin/devd/moused.conf
+++ b/sbin/devd/moused.conf
@@ -33,3 +33,12 @@
 
 	action "service moused quietstop $cdev";
 };
+
+notify 100 {
+	match "system" "DEVFS";
+	match "subsystem" "CDEV";
+	match "type" "CREATE";
+	match "cdev" "input/event[0-9]+";
+
+	action "service moused quietstart $cdev";
+};