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From: azrael@haydn.postech.ac.kr (Kim Tae Hyoung)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PS/2 Mouse doesn't work.
Date: 21 Jan 1996 16:51:00 GMT
Organization: POSTECH, Pohang, Korea
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Joohyee Lee (jedi@hncnet.co.kr) wrote:
: Hi.
: I have been used linux for several month at office but I moved
: to FreeBSD 2.1 this year. Everything goes well but the mouse doesn't work.
: I configured my kernel to PS/2 mouse and got dmesg here.
: Please somebody tell me what's wrong and what must I add to kernel
: config and what can I remove from kernel config. I want to remove every
: unused code from kernel. Please don't mention about LAN card dmesg says here.
: Conclusion : Kernel doesn't detect PS/2 mouse. Somebody please help me
: to detect it.
: dmesg goes here-------------------------------------------------
: FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 19 08:11:27 1996
: root@myname.my.domain:/usr/src/sys/compile/AHA2940
: CPU: 100-MHz Pentium 815\\100 (Pentium-class CPU)
: Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x525 Stepping=5
: Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,PSE,MCE,CX8,APIC>
: real memory = 33554432 (32768K bytes)
: avail memory = 30826496 (30104K bytes)
: Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
: sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
: sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
: sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
: sio0: type 16550A
-> port #1, what is it?
: sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
: sio1: type 16550A
-> port #2, what is it?
: lpt0 at 0x3bc-0x3c3 irq 7 on isa
: lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
: lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
: psm0 not found at 0x60
yes. your kernel didn't detect PS/2 mouse.
: fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
: fdc0: NEC 72065B
: fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
: 1 3C5x9 board(s) on ISA found at 0x320
: ep0 not found at 0x300
: npx0 on motherboard
: npx0: INT 16 interface
: Probing for devices on the PCI bus:
: chip0 <Intel 82437 (Triton)> rev 2 on pci0:0
: chip1 <Intel 82371 (Triton)> rev 2 on pci0:7
: pci0:17: Intel Corporation, device=0x1227, class=network (ethernet) [no driver assigned]
: vga0 <VGA-compatible display device> rev 0 int a irq 10 on pci0:18
: ahc0 <Adaptec 2940 SCSI host adapter> rev 0 int a irq 9 on pci0:19
: ahc0: 2940 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, aic7870, 16 SCBs
: ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
: (ahc0:0:0): "IMPRIMIS 94601-15 4614" type 0 fixed SCSI 1
: sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 992MB (2031705 512 byte sectors)
: (ahc0:2:0): "TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-3401TA 2873" type 5 removable SCSI 2
: cd0(ahc0:2:0): CD-ROM cd present.[325252 x 2048 byte records]
You really use PS/2 mouse ?
I guess that you use serial mouse. If my guess is correct - you use serial
mouse, your kernel already detect mouse. Thus only thing
you have to do is correct your mouse device name to '/dev/ttyd?'.
GOOD LUCK.
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