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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!caen!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!newshub.nosc.mil!huck From: huck@nosc.mil (Craig Huckabee) Subject: Help w/ PS/2 mouse and 2.0R Message-ID: <1994Dec8.065612.1731@nosc.mil> Sender: news@nosc.mil (Network News) Organization: /etc/organization Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 06:56:12 GMT Lines: 37 Hello all, I've taken the plunge and so far things work great. 2.0 is up and running. When I installed 1.5.1 a few months ago things weren't so smooth, so I gave up trying out FreeBSD for a while. But now I'm back and real happy so far - the install was a breeze. But here's my only trouble so far.... I'm using a 486DX2 66Mhz AST Bravo. After the basic system went so well I decided to install X. Whoops, no mouse being found! The FAQ mentioned that ps/2 support is there (and it mentions the psm0 driver being discussed in options.doc, a file I can't find anywhere) so my guess is a kernel needs to be made adding the psm0 driver. Trouble: What is the correct format for this in the config file (since I can't find the options.doc file that supposedly shows this) AND if I've got to enter in a H/W port address, how do I find the address for the port (or does PS/2 use a standard port?) Anyone know how or does anyone have an AST that can tell me? I tried using the ? to make the kernel search for the mouse but no dice. I know it works OK because after failing at BSD I tried Linux and it found it OK. Unfortunately, Linux did not give me the one thing I wanted (multicast) so I scrapped it and came back to BSD. Unfortunately I do not remember where it found the mouse at...<sigh> Sorry to make this into a novel, but any help would be appreciated. An updated copy of options.doc would be cool to have too. --Craig ------------------- Craig Huckabee NISE East Chraleston, SC huck@nosc.mil