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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!quack!quack.kfu.com!nsayer From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) Subject: Re: help! Setup ps/2 mouse for freebsd Message-ID: <nzc2eLk@quack.kfu.com> Sender: news@quack.kfu.com (0000-News(0000)) Organization: The Duck Pond public unix, +1 408 249 9630, log in as guest. References: <01bb98e9$04768a20$4e0d55ca@siuwong.asiaonline.net> <50lukc$php@uriah.heep.sax.de> <x4zq2x2gse.fsf@marvin.informatik.uni-koblenz.de> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 06:16:51 UTC Lines: 24 arvind@informatik.uni-koblenz.de (Chandrabose Aravindan) writes: >I tried FreeBSD august snap on my notebook with trackpad (ps/2 port). >When i enable psm0 in the GENERIC kernel, the keyboard gets >locked up. Is there any work-around (like changing I/O ports for >psm0)? Is it possible at all to run FreeBSD on this notebook with >internal keyboard and trackpad? Maybe this should go in the FAQ. If your keyboard is locked up by the psm driver, you need to recompile the kernel with 'options PSM_NO_RESET' added to the kernel config file. >Also I would like to learn why this lock-up occurs? Can anyone point >me to some info on PS/2 ports and how FreeBSD treats them? Use the source, luke. :-) -- Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> | N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NORCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | "Hate Crime" == "ThoughtCrime" +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ |