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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!dimensional.com!not-for-mail From: monachus@dimensional.com (Monachus Silentium) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: PS2 mouse locks up in X -help Date: 30 Jul 1996 06:47:23 GMT Organization: Dimensional Communications Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4tkb5r$62k@quasar.dimensional.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blackhole.dimensional.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] installed FreeBSD 2.1 and configured the kernel to support a PS/2 mouse with the following line: device psm0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty vector psmintr and then ran MAKEDEV to create psm0. on bootup it finds the mouse (either a logitech trackman marble or a compaq mouse, depending on which one doesn't work :)). when i run startx, x pops up, but the mouse refuses to respond, and then the keyboard locks up completely, forcing me to power off the machine to reboot it. :| i've read in some FAQ that trackballs can lock up the kbd, so i tried a regular boring mouse, and it still fails. anyone dealt with this? please respond email as well, for i don't check news that often...thanks. monachus@pagan.net admin@softsolut.com