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From: "R.J. Freemantle" <pha15@elec.keele.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Dell machine and ps/2 mouse config problem
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 18:09:01 +0000
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Dear all,

	I tried posting this message yesterday but I think it got lost in the
ether.

	I am loading freebsd 2.1.5 onto a Dell Optiplex GS5133 pentium.
It uses a ps/2 compatable mouse so  I have enabled the device psm0 in
the kernel config.  However as soon as the psm0 device is probed during
bootup the keyboard hangs but the machine comes up fine and I can logon
to the machine no problem from our network.  If I disable the psm0
device the keyboard works fine.  Similarly if I use a serial line mouse
everything works fine.

Any ideas what could be going on or has sucessfuly installed FreeBSD on
a similar machine ?

I have successfully installed FreeBSD on 486 Dell machines with the same
mouse setup (IRQ12 IO address 0x60-0x63) and have never had this problem
before.

PS can you email copies of any replies just in case my news setup is
flaky.
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