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Date:      Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:25:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        andyt <andyt@htp.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: new install problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410222436.28437F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980409061549.00827b30@mail.htp.net>

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On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, andyt wrote:

> I have installed freebsd 2.2.5 from cd on a 486-66 computer. The
> motherboard is a 486-pvt ? it supports an optional ps/2 mouse . I am
> currently using a serial mouse.  At startup Freebsd 2.2.5 recongizes a
> ps/2 mouse and I can't get the serial mouse to work. I had the same
> problem with bsdi 2.1 but was unable to resolve it. Any help would be
> appreciated Andy

What application are you trying to use the mouse in? XWindows?  The system
should detect the serial port the mouse is connected to, but it's the
app's responsibility to configure/drive the mouse.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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