From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 28 23:21:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA12740 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:21:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA12728 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:20:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA22614; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:20:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:20:54 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Kevin Sealey cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X window problems In-Reply-To: <01bcfbe0$df10d680$21bf0ccb@ac000408> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 28 Nov 1997, Kevin Sealey wrote: > I have installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 but I am having difficulty configuring > the mouse so that I can use the X windows system. I have an ASUS TX97 > motherboard (using K6) and the mouse is a microsoft PS/2 port mouse (not > running off a com port). I have tried to configure this but I am > confused as to which protocol and driver to use. I have tried several > combinations but up to this point the mouse "does not respond". I would > welcome any suggestions or advice. 1. Enable the psm0 device in the kernel. 2. In /etc/XF86Config, point the pointer at file /dev/psm0 and type "PS/2". Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major