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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.unt.edu!replicant!jackson From: jackson@replicant.csci.unt.edu (Bruce Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Help w/ PS/2 mouse and 2.0R Date: 8 Dec 1994 08:30:50 GMT Organization: University of North Texas Lines: 40 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3c6g7q$s7f@hermes.unt.edu> References: <1994Dec8.065612.1731@nosc.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: replicant.csci.unt.edu In article <1994Dec8.065612.1731@nosc.mil>, Craig Huckabee <huck@nosc.mil> wrote: > 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? You can get the format from the LINT configuration. LINT is a test kernel with every possible device. To use a PS/2 style bus mouse do the following (assumes the standard irq and port): Rebuild the kernel with the addition of these two lines options ALLOW_CONFLICT_IOADDR device psm0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 12 vector psmintr Go into /dev and execute "sh MAKEDEV psm0" Configure X with protocol PS/2 and device /dev/psm0. To doublecheck the irq and port try going into your CMOS setup. Mine confirmed irq 12 for my PS/2 mouse. If you have Windows, Microsoft (gag) has a little program called msd that lists all the devices it finds and their specifics. There are also some public domain programs that do the same thing but I find most of them hang my system. If you don't have access to any of these just rebuild the kernel with the defaults and then watch the messages while it boots to see if it finds the mouse. -- Bruce Jackson | Univ. of North Texas | jackson@cs.unt.edu UNIX Systems Admin. | P. O. Box 13886 | GAB 550E (817)565-2279 Dept. of Computer Sci.| Denton, Tx. 76203-3886 | FAX: (817)565-2799