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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!howland.erols.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!bkogawa From: bkogawa@primenet.com (Bryan Ogawa) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: psm mouse and 2.1.5 Date: 11 Oct 1996 12:41:05 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 50 Message-ID: <53m7sh$d00@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <53cop3$aao@newshost.lanl.gov> <53m0h5$h07@newshost.lanl.gov> X-Posted-By: bkogawa@206.165.5.109 (bkogawa) hlu@retro.lanl.gov (Henry Lu) writes: >Charlie Sorsby (crs@lanl.gov) wrote: >: While I try to keep up with the news group, I'm not always >: successful so I'll appreciate a Cc: to crs@hamlet.lanl.gov. >: I vaguely remember reading that there is a problem with the ps2 >: mouse under 2.1.5. Is that correct? One common problem people are having is that PS/2 support is turned off by default in the GENERIC kernel. To reenable, at the boot prompt, type -c (this is the one that tells you how to boot off of your scsi drive) and hit <ENTER>. At the next prompt, type visual. Go to the disabled Input section, and reenable (turn on) the PS/2 mouse, save, and quit. When your machine finishes booting, PS/2 support is turned on (although you may need to fix your X or mouse daemon configuration to use the new mouse). I don't know about any other problems. >: What are the symptoms of that problem? Is the problem >: insurmountable or is there a fix? >: Thanks for any help. >: -- >: Best, >: Charlie "Older than dirt" Sorsby "I'm the NRA!" >: crs@swcp.com crs@hamlet.lanl.gov Life Member since 1965 >Newbie question: >I am not able to ps/2 work at all , I recompiled the kernel to enable ps/2 >, and it is still not detected. >I just installed 2.1.5 release, I am aware that there is a fix with current, >How/which file do I obtain for ps/2 driver / patches in current release in >order to upgrade ps/2 support? I am now pretty much in despair now without >mouse. See above--that may help you (the PS/2 driver is available in most kernels, but turned off by default). >Can you email me any solution you got? >Henry H Lu >honglu@rt66.com -- bryan k. ogawa <bkogawa@primenet.com> <bkogawa@netvoyage.net>