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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.idt.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news-stkh.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!eru.mt.luth.se!newsfeed.luth.se!news.luth.se!news From: Bengt-Arne Fjellner <baf@tt.luth.se> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD - Dell machines and psm0 mouse device problem Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 18:12:23 +0000 Organization: Lulea Technical University Lines: 31 Message-ID: <32AEF987.2781E494@tt.luth.se> References: <587757$es0@gerry.cc.keele.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: labb-7.tt.luth.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-ALPHA i386) To: "R.J. Freemantle" <pha15> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32405 R.J. Freemantle wrote: > > Dear All, > > I have been using FreeBSD for some time on a range of machines with no > problems. I am trying to install FreeBSD (2.0.5 - yes I know its old) on a Dell > machine but there is a problem with the mouse device. I have just installed > FreeBSD 2.1.5 from scratch and got the same problem which is why I am calling > on you all now. > > The machine is a Dell Optiplex GS5133 (133 MHz pentium). It has a PS/2 > compatible mouse and this is giving me trouble. As soon as the device psm0 is > probed during bootup, or using the configure option at boot time, the keyboard > is rendered inoperable. In all other respects the machine is fine and I can > log onto it from other hosts no problem. If I disable psm0 the keyboard works > okay but I want to run X applications so I need a mouse device. > > Richard > Problem Fixed in 2.2-Alpha release ( i`m running that right now on identical machine ) Workaround in rc.local do Xinit XXX where XXX should NOT be an existing command ( Starts X and dies ) Or during boot press numlock a couple of times ( Dont ask me Whyyy ) Good Luck.