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From: Ron Bolin <rlb@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: What kind of mouse is Microsoft mouse on Gateway-2000 ?
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 09:40:34 -0500
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Jim Dutton wrote:
> 
> I have a GW-2000 machine with FreeBSD on it, and a true, "green",
> Microsoft mouse that plugs into the GW-2000 "mouse port". It doesn't appear
> to be /dev/mse0, nor /dev/tty00, nor /dev/sysmouse, nor /dev/mouse.
> 
> When I bring up XFree86-3.2, I have no mouse capabilities, and have tried a
> couple of different XFree86-3.2 mouse (protocol) configurations.

--I am not familiar with GW, but it sounds line a PS/2 mouse.
Try to enable psm0.

Ron 
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