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Date:      Wed, 20 Sep 2000 00:11:29 -0700
From:      Janet Sullivan <eliyanah@techie.com>
To:        "Christopher Harrer" <charrer@alacritech.com>, "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: XFree86 Question
Message-ID:  <00092000145200.00367@lain.shekhina.com>
In-Reply-To: <POELKPJGDHAPIPMEMHGAOEOHCCAA.charrer@alacritech.com>
References:  <POELKPJGDHAPIPMEMHGAOEOHCCAA.charrer@alacritech.com>

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Do you have moused running?  If so, try replacing the Protocol and
Device lines in XF86Config with

Protocol   "SysMouse"
Device	  "/dev/sysmouse"

or, alternatively, kill off moused and check that you aren't loading it
in your rc.conf file.

Hope that helps,

Janet - FreeBSD newbie.

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Christopher Harrer wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I've configured XServer to use my PS/2 Style mouse.  When the system boots,
> I see the following lines:
> 
>   psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
>   psm0: Model IntelloMouse, device ID3
> 
> When I startx, it starts bring up my XServer, then I see the following:
> 
>   Fatal Server Error:
>   Cannot open Mouse (Device Busy)
> 
> In my XF86Config file, I have:
> 
>   Section "Pointer"
>       Protocol    "PS/2"
>       Device      "/dev/psm0"
> 
> My version of XF86Free is 3.3.6.
> 
> Any help would be most appreciated!
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
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