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From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer)
Subject: Re: help! Setup ps/2 mouse for freebsd
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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. :-)

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