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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse not available
Date: 16 May 1997 10:07:53 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <337B7C0B.36B3@arscorp.com>,
Joseph Mack <mack@arscorp.com> writes:
> I've newly arrived from the Linux world and am
> trying to get my mouse (and XF86) running.
>
> I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.1 on a 90MHz Pentium with a PS/2 2 button
> Microsoft Mouse (Mouse Port compatible). I've activated the PS/2
> mouse in UserConfig and it is detected on boot up (IRQ12 I think)
>
> startx returns "None of the configured devices where detected"
>
> I assume the mouse (at least) is not being seen.
> To see if the mouse is connected to the kernel I've done
>
> cat /dev/psm0
>
> which gives "Resource temporarily unavailable"
Have you got "moused=ps/2" set in /etc/sysconfig ? If so,
you'll need to use /dev/sysmouse in X - check out the
handbook on www.freebsd.org or more info.
> Any suggestions?
> Thank you
> Joe
>
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !