Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:20:46 -0700 (MST) From: Victor Soto <vsoto@correo.polimeros.uson.mx> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moused and S3 VIRGE. Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.21.0012061216160.9027-100000@correo.polimeros.uson.mx> In-Reply-To: <20001206021940.3B2F63E09@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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Thanks a lot for replying. I solved the problem, I RTFMed the motherboard manual and found that I forgot to put an extra jumper to disable the old adapter.... I'm sorry for causing you trouble. Victor. On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Dima Dorfman wrote: > Victor Soto wrote: > > > > Hi! > > I just installed a (PCI) S3 VIRGE card to use instead of the crappy SiS > > 5598 on > > board video adapter. > > When I turn on my pc it hangs when it arrives to moused. > > I tried a ps/2 and a serial mouse with the same results. > > If I boot from the 4.1.1 cd and try to activate moused it fails with the > > correct settings. > > I'm using a simliar setup (you didn't specify which ViRGE you've, so I > can't say if it's identical) on two machines (one's 4.2-R, and one's > 5.0-C) and have no such problems. Could you provide more information, > such as.. > > How does it hang? Does it panic? Do things like alt+f1/alt+f2 work > (they won't work when it's trying to boot--disable moused in rc.conf > and try to start it manually when the system is in multi-user mode)? > Can you ping it? Does everything else work if moused isn't running > (obviously X won't)? If you revert to the old card, does it still > hang? > > Also, what version of FreeBSD is this? You mentioned you have a > 4.1.1-R CD, but is that what's installed on the disk? > > Please copy this list when replying to this message. > > Hope this helps > > -- > Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> > Finger dima@unixfreak.org for PGP public key. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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