From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 6 07:16:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA15174 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 May 1996 07:16:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from longstreet.larc.nasa.gov (longstreet.larc.nasa.gov [128.155.25.82]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA15159 for ; Mon, 6 May 1996 07:16:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from branson@localhost) by longstreet.larc.nasa.gov (8.6.11/8.6.11) id KAA16288; Mon, 6 May 1996 10:18:40 -0400 From: Branson Matheson Message-Id: <199605061418.KAA16288@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov> Subject: Re: Problems starting X11R6, mouse not configured To: dwerthmu@ctg-nt.ctg.albany.edu (Derek Werthmuller) Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 10:18:39 -0400 (EDT) Cc: Questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Derek Werthmuller" at May 6, 96 09:18:53 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I am using FreeBSD 2.0.5 on a ATT 486/66 pc. The PC like must sold now > has a ps/2 mouse. When I installed the system I configured the mouse to > be type ps/2 and to use the device /dev/psm0 . That didn't work. I assume that this is what is in the Pointer Section of /etc/XF86Config: Section "Pointer" Protocol "microsoft" Device "/dev/psm0" If you specified /dev/mouse, you can make a link to it. Is the psm device showing up at boot? You can check this with : branson@garion >dmesg | grep psm and you should see: psm0 at 0x60-0x63 irq 12 on motherboard If you have both of these correct, you might want to look at the options in the kernel: # Options for psm: options PSM_NO_RESET > What books would be best to use for managing this system ? Definiately look at Installing and Running FreeBSD, call Walnut Creek and ask them for a copy as they are the publisher. -branson -- ======================================================================== branson matheson | branson@widomaker.com Ferguson SysAdmin | http://widomaker.com/~branson