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From: anneb@svl.tec.army.mil (Anne Brink)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PS/2 Mouse doesn't work.
Date: 23 Jan 1996 14:30:47 GMT
Organization: U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center, Alexandria, VA
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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.


Correct.  The generic kernel does not support a PS/2 mouse; you need to 
rebuild your kernel to support it.

The instructions are detailed in the FAQ, in /usr/share/doc, section 4.7.
The handbook, in /usr/share/doc/handbook, details rebuilding the kernel.

A suprising number of things are detailed between the FAQ and handbook.
I've found them most useful.


Excerpted cut and paste from the FAQ, section 4.7:

-------------

4.7. I have a PS/2 mouse (``keyboard'' mouse) (Alternatively: I have a 
laptop with a track-ball mouse). How do I use it?

You'll have to add the following lines to your kernel configuration file 
and recompile: 

device    psm0    at isa? port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector psmintr
# Options for psm:
options   PSM_NO_RESET       #don't reset mouse hardware (some laptops)

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When you are done, you may choose to symbolically link /dev/mouse to /dev/psm0.


					-Anne Brink
					anneb@svl.tec.army.mil