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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse not working in XWindows
Date: 12 Jun 1995 13:46:28 +0200
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Cory M. Link <link@minnie.cs.ucsb.edu> wrote:
>I am not able to get my mouse to work in XWindows. I have just installed
>FreeBSD. I have a PS/2 mouse and have tried devices ttyd0, ttyd1, mse0 and
>it didn't move for any of these configurations. XWindows does come up and
>displays my X terms but the mouse never moves.
I think this is covered by the FAQ. You mouse device is something
like `psm'. Refer to the LINT config file, and to the FAQ section 6
about rebuilding a kernel.
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cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)