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Date:      Fri, 7 May 1999 01:18:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        media@mail1.nai.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: moused trouble
Message-ID:  <199905070518.BAA17862@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <v0313030eb357e5f8e97b@[209.150.34.161]> from "media@mail1.nai.net" at "May 7, 99 00:54:40 am"

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media@mail1.nai.net wrote,
> I'm just installed  3.1-STABLE on a 133 Pentium with 64M/RAM and no cd.
> 
> I'm trying to get my mouse buttons to work (it's a 2-button Compaq ps2
> mouse).
> 
> When log in as root and type:
> 
> moused -p /dev/psm0 -t ps/2
> 
> it responds:
> 
> moused:  unable to open /dev/psm0: Device busy

Is moused already running? What does your 'dmesg' output say (if
anything) about your mouse?

> No variation on moused -i seems to work either, although I'm fairly sure
> psm0 and ps/2 would be the protocol and type it would respond.
> 
> I haven't found any mouse button settings from stand/install.

Mouse settings are under "Configure" then "Mouse."

> Please, what am I doing wrong??

The use of the mouse is fairly limited on the console. There is a much
more involved mouse setup if/when you do an 'xf86config'.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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