Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 10:08:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: David Johnson <itech@onramp.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP - mouse Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970210100647.195H-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <32FF5AAF.63D5@onramp.net>
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On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, David Johnson wrote: > I have a Sharp PC-9020 laptop on which I have installed FreeBSD 2.1.6 > amd XFree86-3.2. The laptop > has a built-in touch pad connected to Com 1, IRQ 4. When I boot up > FreeBSD, sio0 is detected at > 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa as type 16550A. I can not determine what device > it has been configured to, however. Usually laptop mice are PS/2 devices, using the psm0 device. (At least my touchpad is on my CTX.) > If i "cat < /dev/cuaa0" I get no response from touching the touch pad. I > have been unable to bring up X as I can not find the touch pad. I have > tried linking /dev/mouse -> /dev/cuaa0 with no luck. That's correct...What did you set the protocol as in /etc/XF86Config? It should be set to "Microsoft" if it's serial or "PS/2" if it uses psm0. Also make sure that X *is* looking at /dev/mouse and not something else. 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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