From owner-freebsd-emulation Fri Jul 28 7:39:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (smtp10.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.200.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 844B737B8E0 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 07:39:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vsilyaev@mindspring.com) Received: from jupiter.delta.ny.us (nyf-ny5-15.ix.netcom.com [198.211.17.15]) by smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA24352; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:39:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from vsilyaev@localhost) by jupiter.delta.ny.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA00323; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:39:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from vsilyaev) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:39:16 -0400 From: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" To: John Reynolds Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysmouse type of mouse not supported? Message-ID: <20000728103915.A274@jupiter.delta.ny.us> References: <001301bff7f2$613e91a0$02fda8c0@visiontechdml.com> <14720.18703.90304.563651@whale.home-net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <14720.18703.90304.563651@whale.home-net>; from jjreynold@home.com on Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 07:37:03AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 07:37:03AM -0700, John Reynolds wrote: > > [ On Thursday, July 27, Vladimir Silyaev wrote: ] > > You should change mouse type in the VMware mouse configuration panel from > > auto, to ps/2. I think that in the FreeBSD related docs has something about > > that issue. > > > > It's because Linux VMware doesn't know nothing about sysmouse mouse type, so > > it's complained about that. > > > > Ok, I tried that and made sure that I (not only root) had permissions to write > to /dev/psm0 (just in case) and now i get: > > Cannot open host mouse device "/dev/psm0". Device of resource busy. Unable to > open hose mouse device for full-screen VGA. Full-screen VGA will not be > available. > > Is this because I'm not running moused? Nope, it's because you were have to change a mouse type, but not a mouse device file. -- Vladimir To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message