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From: hcremean@vt.edu (Harold Lee Cremeans JR)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: XF86311 problems - Request fr Comment!
Date: 3 Sep 1995 23:13:45 GMT
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In article <kaleb.809433524@exalt>, kaleb@x.org says...


>A busmouse is not a serial mouse, so you wouldn't expect to access it 
via
>one of the serial lines. You need to enable the busmouse in your kernel
>config, rebuild the kernel, and then use /dev/mse (??? is that what it 
is
>under FreeBSD, I don't remember) to access it.

Do you know how to get a PS/2-style mouse working?  I installed it in the 
kernel, but it won't load because it uses the same port as the keyboard 
:-(


Lee C. in BlacksBurg...