From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 24 20:43:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA05851 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 24 May 1997 20:43:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iceberg.anchorage.net. (root@iceberg.anchorage.net [207.14.72.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA05842 for ; Sat, 24 May 1997 20:43:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aak.anchorage.net (ai-132 [207.14.72.132]) by iceberg.anchorage.net. (8.6.11/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA02076; Sat, 24 May 1997 18:40:22 -0800 Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 19:22:49 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe X-Sender: abc@aak.anchorage.net To: Ken Deboy cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rebuilding the kernal In-Reply-To: <338783CF.705C@mail.greatbasin.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 24 May 1997, Ken Deboy wrote: > Hello, > I just installed FreeBSD, and I need to rebuild the kernal in order to get the system to > recognize my PS/2-style mouse. Unfortunately, when I follow the instructions in the manual > it 'makes' for quite awhile then quits with: why do you have to build a new kernel? just enable it at boot time (-c). you can't change any ps2 hardware setting ... > Oh one more thing - can you recommend a currently (and commonly) available video card that > works with XF86? I had to put BSD on my old 486 because the card in my new computer isn't check out the XF86 docs, or visit them on the web. or see www.vix.com for recommendations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------