From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 19 05:36:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA21676 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 05:36:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from www.CIRC.gwu.EDU (www.circ.gwu.edu [128.164.127.251]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA21670 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 05:36:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from englishk@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu) Received: from gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (englishk@gwis2 [128.164.127.252]) by www.CIRC.gwu.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA17424; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:29:17 -0500 (EST) Received: (from englishk@localhost) by gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA15090; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:36:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:36:33 -0500 (EST) From: "Dogbert's Nephew" Subject: Re: Mouse not working in X Windows To: Greg Lehey cc: Tyler Ripley , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980319090237.51372@freebie.lemis.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > 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? This guy is right, the PS/2 mouse is not enabled in GENERIC. 1st, you need to make sure psm0 is in the /dev directory. if not do a MAKEDEV psm0 next, you need to reboot and at the boot prompt ('boot:') type '-c' when you gettin to the prompt type 'enable psm0' then 'exit' It took me a while to figure that out. > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message