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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 23:14:46 -0800
From: "Jeffrey J. Ayres" <JeffAyres@worldnet.att.net>
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Subject: 
            reconfiguring kernal
       Date: 
            Sat, 15 Feb 1997 23:09:34 -0800
       From: 
            "Jeffrey J. Ayres" <JeffAyres@worldnet.att.net>
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            independent
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Hello,
        I'm having a devil of a time trying to figure out how to
reconfigure a
kernal.  The scenario is I'm trying to set up Xfree86 to run with a PS/2
mouse.  The installation instructions say to lookup reconfiguring a
kernal in the handbook.  Well after reading all 400 title pages in the
handbook I am unable to locate the page describing how to reconfigure
the kernal.  I did find handbook page 32 describing the dev abbreviation
psm0.  The input "dev/pms0" was in the XF86Config file and the handbook
said to input "psm0 at isa? port "IO_KBD"   conflicts tty irq 12  vector
psmintr" under the pointer section of the config file.
After typing the vi command ":wq" and starting xfree86 (xinit) the
system dumps a ton of information then stops stating the mouse device is
not enabled, underlining the psm0 command line previously described.
Am I reconfiguring the kernal correctly or are steps following the
changing of the config file that I am missing?
                                        Thanks in advance,
                                                Jeff