Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 21:00:27 -0700 From: "Peter Kurpis" <kurpis@drizzle.com> To: "David Wolfskill" <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fw: problem with mouse driver during install / toshiba satellite 1135 laptop Message-ID: <003801c3f053$9611b300$38c1a2d8@kurpis> References: <200402101725.i1AHPok3009109@bunrab.catwhisker.org>
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> >I am installing FreeBSD 4.7 on my laptop, and when I get to > >the mouse configuration part, it seems I can't get any combination > >of protocol and port to test right (i.e. for mouse movement). > > Why such an old code base? I have some system-level software I want to play with that isn't tested to run at later versions, and will probably have problems at later versions. I would rather find out what I have to patch and rebuild than upgrade versions. [More below.] > >Windows says it's an Alps Pointing Device, on interrupt 12. > > >(1) What should work? > > Not sure, as I don't use that particular device. I have used "moused" > both for my Dell i5000e and for a ThinkPad 600E. > > >(2) If I disable the mouse driver, will this affect my X Windows > >installation? > > Yes. X won't work without a pointer device. Oh, so it doesn't have its own driver... Is there maybe another testing or probing utililty besides the one in /stand/sysinstall? Thanks for any suggestions or help!
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