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Date:      Tue, 05 Jan 1999 01:08:04 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: psm0 on laptops. 
Message-ID:  <199901050908.BAA01739@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 05 Jan 1999 20:04:21 %2B1100." <199901050904.UAA06723@cheops.anu.edu.au> 

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> Modern laptops with an `inbuilt' mouse as well as an external mouse
> port allow usage to be changed by simply "plugging in" a PS-2 mouse
> when running Windows.  However, I noticed that FreeBSD 2.2.7 detects
> them both differently (generic PS/2 vs IntelliMouse) and hence if you
> boot up with one, you can't unplug and use the other.  Is this "fixed"
> in -current or is there some other way to "make it work" ?

You might be able to do it by using moused and restarting it when you 
change mice.  If that works, a little more tinkering might make it 
practical to have it autodetect the change...

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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