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From: stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown)
Subject: Help, My mouse doesn't work (X HP Vectra)
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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 22:59:46 GMT
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Help PLEASE! I am very close to getting a completely successful
install of FreebSD 2.1.5 The remaining problem is in getting my mouse
to work. I only know how to check it in X, and it doesn't work there.
The machine is an HP Vectra. This machine uses a PS/2 mouse. Thanks
to some help from a kind soul I have figured this out, and reconfigured my
kernel for this. However once I start up X I can't get the mouse to do
anything.
The mouse works in windoze. It's a real HP mouse as supplied
with the computer.
Here is what I have in the relevant section of the kernel config file
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device psm0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector psmintr
# device psm0 at isa? disable port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector psmintr
# options PSM_NO_RESET
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It looks like this works, since I see this during boot up.
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psm0 at 0x60-0x63 irq 12 on motherboard
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Here is the device file I have for the mouse.
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crw------- 1 root wheel 21, 1 Oct 15 17:12 /dev/psm0
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here is the relevant section of the XFree86 config file.
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# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "PS/2"
Device "/dev/psm0"
# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.
# Protocol "Xqueue"
# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice
# BaudRate 1200
# SampleRate 150
# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)
Emulate3Buttons
Emulate3Timeout 50
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# ChordMiddle
EndSection
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Could someone please make some suggestions as to what I should try
next? I'm afraid that I'm out of ideas on this. FreeBSD looks very nice,
and I would hate to have to give up on it because of this one little problem.
Thanks for the help
--
Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955
Factory Automation Systems
Atlanta Ga.
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(c) 1996 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.