From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 5 08:16:27 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA01837 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 08:16:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA01831 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 08:16:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA14765; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:15:56 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA04090; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:15:55 -0700 Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:15:55 -0700 Message-Id: <199901051615.JAA04090@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Darren Reed Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: psm0 on laptops. In-Reply-To: <199901050904.UAA06723@cheops.anu.edu.au> References: <199901050904.UAA06723@cheops.anu.edu.au> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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