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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!info.ucla.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.mainelink.net!usenet From: Lord_Chameleon@onf.com (Lord Chameleon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse config on a laptop Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 14:43:51 GMT Organization: Internet Maine Inc. Lines: 44 Message-ID: <4latat$2ne@news.mainelink.net> References: <4l23jn$lvq@cmgm.stanford.edu> <LARSON.96Apr17120353@hydra2b.cs.utk.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: port-47.mainelink.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 larson@cs.utk.edu (Chris Larson) wrote: >In article <4l23jn$lvq@cmgm.stanford.edu> ritchief@cmgm.stanford.edu (Ritchie Froehlich) writes: >:> >:>After loading the kernel in the configuration mode (/kernel -c), I >:>looked for a PS/2 mouse in the list of dirvers. The closest thing >:>I could find was mse0 (obviously the wrong device, but I though I'de >:>give it a try anyway), which I configured for IRQ 12, port 0x23c, >:>flags 0x0. On boot-up, mse0 is probed and reports "wrong signature >:>7f". I guess the microsoft mouse spec. differs from IBM PS/2. Gee, >:>who would have guessed. >Is this a kernel that you have compiled or the one that came with the >distribution? PS/2 mouse support is not available until you recompile >and add the PS/2 driver to the kernel. Then it should work fine. >Of course, if this is a custom kernel, then I'm not sure what's wrong >:> >:>I have a couple of questions regarding mouse configuration. How >:>do I configure a PS/2 mouse on IRQ 12, should I use the Logitech or >:>MouseMan specification in XF86Config and is there a way to test the >There should be a PS/2 option. But see above. You can use it if >the kernel supports it. >:>mouse without going into X (I'm getting really tired of rebooting). >I don't know about that. >good luck >Chris >-- >Chris Larson larson@cs.utk.edu >Lab Assistant-Backups Computer Science Dept. >University of Tennessee- Knoxville what is the command you put in kernel for a ps/2 style mouse e-mail me at Lord_Chameleon@onf.com