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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!iol!usenet From: sdrumm@iol.ie (Stephen Drumm) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD and X and Ps/2 mouse Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 19:06:52 GMT Organization: Ireland On-Line Lines: 26 Message-ID: <32550e14.1690037@news.iol.ie> References: <32516415.4E8F@alfa.its.berkeley.edu> <325230DA.318D@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup-018.dublin.iol.ie Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99f/32.299 Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> wrote: >Daniel Wiesmann wrote: >> >> I have finished installing FreeBSD 2.1, but I can't run X because the >> system can't find my Ps/2 mouse. I looked in the XF86Config file, and >> changed the Device and Protocol to "PS/2" and "/dev/psm0", but when the >> system boots, it does not look for any psm0 device. When I boot with >> the "-c" (configure) and try to "enable psm0", it tells me that psm0 >> does not exist. I heard something about having to "reconfigure the >> kernel". What's that? How do I do it? Will anybody get hurt? >> >> Thanks for all the help... >> >RT Handbook -- there's a *lot* of info on reconfiguring the kernel and >recompiling. Also, if you can't find what you need in GENERIC you should >check out LINT. That should get you going. I recently had to do precisely the same thing, and I found the experience interesting and enjoyable. Read the manual fully though, before you begin, especially on things like naming your new kernel something like MouseKernel so that you do not overwrite the generic (which you might need to fall back on). Regards,