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From: yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp. (Kazutaka YOKOTA)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ps/2 mouse and X
Date: 14 Jul 1997 03:35:06 GMT
Organization: Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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In article <5q3899$17t@darkstar.ucsc.edu> for comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Michael Mir Shafae wrote:

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

What the boot messages say?  Run the `dmesg' command and check the following.

If the mouse is detected properly, you will see

psm0 at 0x60-0x63 irq 12 on motherboard

If not, you will find

psm0 not found at 0x60-0x63

Kazu