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From: fletcher@techcenter.paccar.com (Arlen Fletcher)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help!! How to config X with ps/2 mouse?
Date: 9 Nov 1995 17:21:47 GMT
Organization: PACCAR Technical Center
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In article <47oiie$iba@news.csus.edu>, wleong@sfsu.edu says...
>
>
>Someone please shed some light!
>I couldn't get X to run because of the ps/2 mouse problem. I currently have
>FreeBSD 2.0.5 and XR3.11 version. I have read lots of threads from FreeBSD
>and XFree86 web sites and my conclusion to solve the problem is as follow.
>
> - I added this two lines
> options "ALLOW_CONFLICT_IOADDR"
> device psm0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 12 vector psmintr
Lot's 'o stuff deleted....
I was under the impression that you also had to unremark the following line:
# options XSERVER # include code for XFree86
If you get it working, I'd be interested in hearing about it. I never did
get it to fly.
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Arlen Fletcher
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