From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 18 14:33:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA09338 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:33:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA09285 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:33:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA11181; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:02:53 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA22925; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:02:41 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980319090237.51372@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:02:37 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Tyler Ripley , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mouse not working in X Windows References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Tyler Ripley on Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 09:10:33AM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 18 March 1998 at 9:10:33 -0700, Tyler Ripley wrote: > I installed option number 5 of FreeBSD, and when I type startx it will start to initialize > the X Windows system, and the screen will clear, but then it exits out, and says > > Fatal Error: > Mouse not found(device not installed) > > but I did install the mouse. I installed a PS/2 Mouse, because on the bottom of > my mouse it says PS/2 compatible, but it's also a Microsoft mouse, and I tried that > option too, and it also did the same thing. Is there anything I can do to use the > mouse? PS/2 mice are disabled by default in the GENERIC kernel. You should first enable it with UserConfig. The latest addenda to "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm) include a description of what you need to do--check out http://www.lemis.com/errata-2.html. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message