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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse config on a laptop
Date: 28 Apr 1996 11:45:00 +0100
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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Ritchie Froehlich (ritchief@cmgm.stanford.edu) wrote:
:
: Greetings to the land of the FreeBSD....
:
: I'm having a little trouble getting FreeBSD 2.1 to recognize my
: mouse. I using an older 486 laptop that has a trackball mouse
: that is reported by msd (in DOS) to be a "PS/2 style mouse" (without
: any mouse drivers installed) and "Logitech PS/2 Mouse on IRQ 12"
: (with mouse dirvers loaded). According to the user manual, IRQ 12
: is indeed reserved for the PS/2 mouse.
:
: 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.
:
: 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
: mouse without going into X (I'm getting really tired of rebooting).
kernel config:
device psm0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 12 vector psmintr
/dev config:
cd /dev
sh ./MAKEDEV psm0
ln psm0 mouse
XF86Config:
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "PS/2"
Device "/dev/mouse"
Emulate3Buttons
Emulate3Timeout 50
EndSection
: On a slightly related note :
:
: I've noticed that reboot(8) does not always reboot my computer. When
: I hit keys during reboot process, it sometimes restarts the computer.
: Most of the time, it just hangs after printing the "Rebooting" message.
:
: TiA,
:
: Chris
Are you switched to vty0 when it reboots after pressing keys ? It can be
misleading - not seeing the "Rebooting" message.
Otherwise, dunno.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....