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#! rnews 1341 sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!news.localnet.com!not-for-mail From: bbsnews@localnet.com (BBS News User) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse not working in XWindows Date: 16 Jun 1995 23:28:13 -0400 Organization: LocalNet Corporation Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3rti4d$4vr@buffalo1.localnet.com> References: <3rd8ot$dm1@minnie.cs.ucsb.edu> Reply-To: physics@wny.com NNTP-Posting-Host: buffalo1.localnet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. : Any help would be appreciated. the driver for PS/2 mouse is a part of the generic kernel so you will need to add the following line to your kernel and recompile device psm0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector psmintr I tested this with a 3-button mouse systems mouse. it worked just fine but as 2-button mouse. i guess this is normal since PS/2 mouse is supposed to be 2-botton. Good luck.