From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 13 17:37:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA01996 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 17:37:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.interlog.com (root@smtp.interlog.com [198.53.145.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA01991 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 17:37:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from gold.interlog.com (gold.interlog.com [198.53.145.2]) by smtp.interlog.com (8.7.6/8.7.6) with ESMTP id UAA08327 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 20:37:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (batsy@localhost) by gold.interlog.com (8.7.6/8.6.10) with SMTP id UAA05968 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 20:37:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 20:37:13 -0500 (EST) From: jamie To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: /dev/rodent Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk If you have any ideas on what I have done wrong, please mention them. :) I am running 960612-SNAP for reference. This is the relevant part of lsdev relating to the mouse devices and seriel ports. I have a dumb terminal on cuaa1 but nothing on cuaa0(sio0 I think) , yet cuaa0 is still busy. Device State Description ---------- --------------- -------------------------------------------------- sio0 Busy Serial port: National 16550A or compatible sio1 Busy Serial port: National 16550A or compatible mse0 Unconfigured ATI or Logitech bus mouse adapter psm0 Idle PS/2 Mouse This is what dmesg thinks that psm0 is.: psm0 at 0x60-0x63 irq 12 on motherboard Here is me cat'ing the device. Script started on Wed Nov 13 14:49:53 1996 groovy: {1} su Password: groovy: {1} cat /dev/mouse cat: /dev/mouse: Resource temporarily unavailable And of course starting X. When I start xdm it comes up beautifully, but the mouse sits there frozen on the screen. groovy: {2} startx XFree86 Version 3.1.2G / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6100) Release Date: Sep 3 1996 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: FreeBSD 2.1.5 Configured drivers: Mach64: accelerated server for ATI Mach64 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) (using VT number 10) XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) XKB: model: "pc102" (**) XKB: layout: "us" (**) Mouse: type: Logitech, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200 (**) Mach64: Graphics device ID: "Primary Card" (**) Mach64: Monitor ID: "Primary Monitor" (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/f onts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" (--) Mach64: PCI: Mach64 CT rev 9, Aperture @ 0xf0000000, Sparse I/O @ 0x02ec (--) Mach64: card type: PCI (--) Mach64: Memory type: 1 (--) Mach64: Clock type: Internal (--) Mach64: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 135.000 MHz (**) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024": mode clock = 110.000 (**) Mach64: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 85.000 (**) Mach64: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 50.000 (**) Mach64: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 31.500 (--) Mach64: Virtual resolution: 1280x1024 (--) Mach64: videoram: 2048k (--) Mach64: Using hardware cursor (--) Mach64: Using 8 MB aperture @ 0xf0000000 (--) Mach64: Ramdac is Internal (--) Mach64: Using 8 bits per RGB value (--) Mach64: Pixmap cache: 1 256x256 slots, 2 128x128 slots, 8 64x64 slots (--) Mach64: Font cache: 16 fonts Warning: /dev/mouse unable to get status of mouse fd (Invalid argument) access control disabled, clients can connect from any host fvwm: not found waiting for X server to shut down groovy: {3}