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Date:      Wed, 5 Nov 2003 22:41:33 -0800 (PST)
From:      Shizuka Kudo <shizukakudo_99@yahoo.com>
To:        Lee Hinkleman <leehinkl@slingshot.co.nz>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NetScroll+ ps/2 optical mouse fixed in FreeBSD 5.1
Message-ID:  <20031106064133.64629.qmail@web11401.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <001201c3a41a$de539370$a066b4ca@leehinkl>

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--- Lee Hinkleman <leehinkl@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> I fixed yesterday's mouse problem, sort of, by adding the line
> 
> hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
> 
> to the file /boot/device.hints
> 
> I'm not sure why that worked, but the problem apparently only affects the 5.x kernel with some
> VIA chipsets.

Is your BIOS an AWARD one? If so, you may try the patch in this PR
i386/55473: Mouse broken on some AWARD BIOS with ACPI enabled  

> Thanks.
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