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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!erau!erau!not-for-mail From: buzzardw@db.erau.edu (Bryce Buzzard) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: More on my PS/2 Mouse and XFree86... Date: 3 Aug 1993 17:12:43 -0400 Organization: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL USA Lines: 26 Message-ID: <23mkcb$86@aquila.db.erau.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: aquila.db.erau.edu Summary: Weird.. Keywords: PS/2 mouse Gateway This is a follow up to my question last week reguarding my PS/2 mouse not working on a Gateway 4Dx-33 under netBSD 0.8 running XFree86 v1.3. Well, I got it working... Kinda. The mouse will only work when something is going on with the machine (i.e. when I hold down the shift key or any other key for that matter or if a program is running in the active window.) I have no CLUE why it does this, so if I run something as simple as "xeyes" and iconify it, I have full control over the mouse while it's in the window manager. I needed to find out exactly what IRQ and port the PS/2 mouse runs on, so I called the Gateway "Technical Support" 800# number for info... Hah! The dumb, ignorant bitch at the Gateway Tech support number (I hate to use those words, but well - they're all true) told me that the mouse was on IRQ3 on Com2 at the address 2f8 or something. I tried in vane to explain to her that she was wrong, but nada. So, thanks to some Email from Alan Trombla at the Univ. of Tokyo, I got the address 0x300 and set the IRQ to 12. And I'm happy for now, but would still like to know why my mouse will only move when xeyes is up! Any suggestions??? Bryce Buzzard ][ buzzardw@db.erau.edu Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Airway Science Simulation Laboratory