Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 21:02:54 -0500 From: Tom Jackson <toj@gorillanet.gorilla.net> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <19980518210254.58467@TOJ.org> In-Reply-To: <01BD8251.3DD25BC0.tyson@avicom.net>; from Tyson N. Trebesch on Mon, May 18, 1998 at 11:36:44AM -0600 References: <01BD8251.3DD25BC0.tyson@avicom.net>
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Not real familar with ps/2 but go to /dev and type './MAKEDEV psm0' and you should get the node back. I think the command should something like: 'moused -t ps/2 -p /dev/psm0' Good luck On Mon, May 18, 1998 at 11:36:44AM -0600, Tyson N. Trebesch wrote: > Can you help me? > I'm trying desperately to get my Microsoft PS/2 mouse running so I can > install XFree86 on a Pentium 200 running FreeBSD 2.2.5. > > This is my problem: Whenever I try to run 'moused -t ps/2 -p psm0' from the > command line I get the standard syntactical error message and help. This is > probably because I blew away the psm0 device node thinking there was a > problem with it. I had been getting a boot error saying, 'psm0: device not > configured' or similar. So, I deleted the psm0 file, and made a weak > attempt at re-making it. I tried '# MAKEDEV psm0' to no avail. > How do I remake the psm0 device??? Thanks beforehand! > Tyson > > Tyson N. Trebesch Technical Manager > tyson@avicom.net http://www.avicom.net/ > Avicom, Inc. > "Complete Internet and Computing Services" > 2304 N. 7th Ave. Suite E > Bozeman, MT 59715 > (406) 587-6177 FAX: (406) 586-6740 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To be yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to > make you into somebody else is the hardest battle anyone can > fight... and never stop fighting. -- e.e. cummings > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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