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From: hlu@retro.lanl.gov (Henry Lu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and X and Ps/2 mouse
Date: 11 Oct 1996 17:25:54 GMT
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Daniel Wiesmann (danielw@alfa.its.berkeley.edu) 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...

: Daniel

I have similar problem with ps/2 .  I recompiled the kernel and delete word
"disable" in device psm0 as FAQ suggested. No luck with ps/2 , When I boot I
got message "ps/2 not found at address .. " .

If you got anything working, please inform me. 

Henry Lu
honglu@rt66.com