Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 07:47:25 -0400 From: "Matthew A. Gessner" <mgessner@aristar.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: "Dennis R. Conley" <conley@eecs.ukans.edu>, sln@public.jn.sd.cn, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Config mouse in XF86 Message-ID: <3222E04D.41C67EA6@aristar.com> References: <199608270131.LAA03860@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Michael Smith wrote: > > Dennis R. Conley stands accused of saying: > > > I just stumbled through this problem yesterday. Rebuilding a new > > kernel didn't help, then I noticed that the original line appeared > > in the GENERIC config file as: > > > > device psm0 at isa? port disabled "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector psmintr > > ^^^^^^^^ > > > > The keyword "disabled" must be removed, another kernel built and > > then the mouse will work fine. > > Actually, the device is configure disabled so that you _don't_ have to > build a new kernel; just boot with the -c flag once you're installed on > the disk and say 'enable psm0' and 'quit' at the config> prompt. > > The changes are recorded by the 'dset' program during the boot process, and > you're up and running. > MAN! I wish I had known about this 3 months ago!!! Does this apply to things like ed0 and sio2, too?? I went through a LOT of trouble b/c someone on this mailing list told me that I had to recompile the kernel! Now that I'm done complaining about it, it was a useful thing to know how to rebuild the kernel :) Matt P.S. Thanks, Mike! -- Matthew Gessner, Computer Scientist, <mgessner@aristar.com> Aristar, Inc. 302 N. Cleveland-Massillon Rd. Akron, OH 44333 Voice (330) 668-2267, Fax (330) 668-2961
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