Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:15:55 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: psm0 on laptops. Message-ID: <199901051615.JAA04090@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199901050904.UAA06723@cheops.anu.edu.au> References: <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. Not on my box. You must first 'suspend' the box, then 'resume' it for this to work. Also, plugging in a mouse while the box is powered on is a good way to blow out your keyboard controller. :( > 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" ? Not that I'm aware of. If you have it plugged in to the PS/2 port, you *can* switch to the serial version after bootup by physically switching it and re-configured X to use the serial port version. The reason it works under Windblows is because the mouse driver is a necessary part of the OS, and under FreeBSD it's just another device so the OS/userland stuff isn't integrated like under Windows. (Which also explains why unix is generally more robust, since not everything is integrated together with the OS...) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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