From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 20 01:10:52 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA29137 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 01:10:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gryphon.darlington.ac.uk ([194.66.96.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA29123 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 01:10:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from JLeaver@darlington.ac.uk) Received: (from gproxy@localhost) by gryphon.darlington.ac.uk (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) id JAA10312; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:11:35 GMT Received: from sta_mail1.darlington.ac.uk(194.66.101.3) by gryphon.darlington.ac.uk via smap (3.2) id xma010237; Wed, 20 Jan 99 09:11:05 GMT Received: by sta_mail1.darlington.ac.uk with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) id ; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:13:10 -0000 Message-ID: <688E2B97F0A9D211BD580000D11B13DF03E659@sta_mail1.darlington.ac.uk> From: Jonathan Leaver To: "'freebsd-questions@Freebsd.org'" Cc: "'cjclark@home.com'" Subject: RE: PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard with 2.2.8-release Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:13:08 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Nope, I left them conflicting a la installation tutorial @ www.freebsd.org..... -----Original Message----- From: Crist J. Clark [SMTP:cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com] Sent: 19 January 1999 18:47 To: JLeaver@darlington.ac.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard with 2.2.8-release Jonathan Leaver wrote, > Hi, I'm new to this so please be generous with your patience... > > I've got a PS/2 Mouse and a [PS/2] Keyboard - one with a small plug > on it anyway... > > I can configure the Kernel, Eradicate Conflicts etc. BUT > > When the next configuration screen starts up the keyboard doesn't > work... > > I presume the System hasn't picked up the keyboard.... > > I need to know why. Any Ideas? Anyone suffered a similar fate? The PS/2 mouse and keyboard share a port. They are /supposed/ to "conflict." You have diabled the system from seeing the keyboard. Do not disable something called a console driver. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message