Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:48:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Grant Schofield <gschofield@wiac.iol.ie> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mouse problems sio0 & sio2 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808171247310.26224-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <002d01bdc92d$74c7bbc0$c8307dc2@default>
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On Sun, 16 Aug 1998, Grant Schofield wrote: > I'm having a hell of a time getting FreeBSD to find my serial ports. I > have tried everything in the manuals, changed IRQ's, etc., etc., ad > nauseum! My BIOS says there are 2 mouse ports, COM1 and COM3, however, > when FBSD boots I get > > sio0 not found at 0x3f8 > sio1 not found at 0x2f8 > > I presume FBSD acts in the same way as DOS, i.e. you need a serial > port installed [COM1] in order to run the mouse. It helps, especially if you have a serial mouse. > not suprisingly I then get > > mse0 not found at 0x23c You don't have a ATI BusMouse. > I have tried everything I can think of. My machine uses PCI, the mouse > is a no name brand, and I can't find any info about the board that > might help. Classic ALI serial port chip problem. Try upgrading to 2.2.7 or see http://www.lemis.com/serial-port-patch.html Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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