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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!uunet!in3.uu.net!202.232.2.100!np1.iij.ad.jp!wnoc-tyo-news!news.nc.u-tokyo.ac.jp!train.ad.jp!iroha.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp!nikko.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp!yokota From: yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp. (Kazutaka YOKOTA) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Venturis FX mouse Date: 8 May 1997 11:17:45 GMT Organization: Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan Lines: 37 Message-ID: <5kscop$tju$1@nikko.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> References: <862627534.20667@dejanews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp X-Newsreader: mnews [version 1.19PL2] 1996-01/26(Fri) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40573 In article <862627534.20667@dejanews.com> for comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Valentin Davydov wrote: val>>I am installing FreeBSD on the Venturis FX computer (made by val>>DEC, Pentium/166, bought in Japan). It's mouse is labeled as val>>Logitech M-S34 rev. A01 and connected to the port other than val>>comm's (sorry for the MS-DOS terminology). How should I val>>configure X (or maybe something else) to make this mouse work? I think it's a PS/2 mouse. It has a DIN 6 pin connector, doesn't it? The device name for the PS/2 mouse is /dev/psm0, which is disabled by default in the GENERIC kernel. You have to enable it in the kernel configuration menu: when you turn on the system, specify "-c" option to the "Boot:" prompt to enter the menu. To configure XFree86 to use the PS/2 mouse, add the following line to the Pointer section of your XF86Config (usually in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 or /etc). Protocol "PS/2" Device "/dev/psm0" If, however, you want to use `moused', which will enable you to use mouse on the console, you tell `moused' the type and the port of the mouse. This can be done in /etc/sysconfig. Find lines mentioning `moused' and edit: mousedtype=ps/2 mousedport=/dev/psm0 In this case your XF86Config should contain: Protocol "mousesystems" Device "/dev/sysmouse" Kazu