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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!sgigate.sgi.com!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!inXS.uu.net!nntp.crl.com!crl.crl.com!not-for-mail From: medrecjm@crl.com (John Mosser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse and keybd conflict ... Date: 18 Jul 1996 21:43:48 -0700 Organization: the brink Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4sn3q4$dg6@crl.crl.com> References: <4slepf$r3l@crl.crl.com> <4sm93t$7p2@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] : > using FreeBSD 2.1.0 - trying to get microsoft serial mouse working for : > XFree86 : > : > The mouse is physically on sio0. When I recompile my kernel to add device : > psm0, it knocks out sc0/vt0, and my keyboard stops working. : ``Doctor, it hurts when...'' : :-) : psm0 is for the PS/2 mouse. If your Microsoft mouse is at sio0, so : you've already got everything you need. No reason to tweak the : kernel. : Simply use /dev/ttyd0 as the mouse device. : -- : cheers, J"org Thanks J"org, I'll give that a try, however I've been advised by one of the FreeBSD development team that this problem is fixed with 2.1.5. ``Doctor, it hurts when...'' Well, they say "No pain, no gain!" ;) -John-