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From: ian@concerto.demon.co.uk (Ian Edwards)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ps/2 mouse and X
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 18:13:16 GMT
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In article <5q3899$17t@darkstar.ucsc.edu>,
	cadaver@cats.ucsc.edu (Michael Mir Shafae) writes:

> I just installed Xfree86 3.3 on my computer running FreeBSD 2.1.7, but
> when I try to start X, it tells me that it can't find my mouse. I have
> an intel venus motherboard that has a built in ps/2 mouse port and I
> have uncommented the line in the generic kernel about the ps/2 mouse
> support and recompiled the kernel and installed it. 

Did you also remove the word 'disable' from that line ?
(Caught me last time I did an upgrade).

-- 
Ian Edwards
ian@concerto.demon.co.uk