Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 09:44:30 -0500 From: "Charlie Schloemer" <charlie@infoworks.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, me <ovihc@sc2000.net> Subject: Re: help!! (mouse not working) (was: fwd) Message-ID: <200010121440.JAA16993@smtp.intop.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010121020130.22441-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
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On 12 Oct 00, at 10:20, Doug Rabson forwarded: > From: me <ovihc@sc2000.net> > To: dfr@FreeBSD.org > Subject: help!! > hi > i am a high school student in south texas. i have a problem with > my free bsd. it might be difficult to help though. i took apart > the computer because i took a trip in a bus. i didn't want it to > get hurt. i was putting it back together. BUT, the mouse won't > work. i have two plug ins (com 1. com2) and i tried every > combination possible and it won't work. > i just wanted to ask if because i disconnected the mouse once, > will the computter still take it. has freebsd deleted the mouse? > thanks. > -eduardo Eduardo, questions of a technical nature can be sent directly to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, and you'll typically get responses more quickly than sending to individuals. That aside, FreeBSD won't delete your mouse. If it is a serial mouse (COM1, COM2) it will correspond to /dev/cuaa0 or cuaa1. If, however, it is a PS/2 mouse (has a 1/2 inch round connector), it will show up as /dev/psm0. What is the output of dmesg? If it shows sio0 and sio1, your serial ports are fine, and if it shows psm0, your PS/2 mouse port is working fine. Also, consider that all your hardware/kernel may be configured properly, but you might not be running the mouse daemon, moused. This is what allows the mouse cursor to appear in text mode (not X). X, on the other hand, can use its own mouse drivers. Where did you first start experiencing your problems with the mouse? Finally, perhaps most likely is that during the bus trip, something on the inside of the computer came loose. Have you taken it apart to make sure that your serial ports are still connected to the motherboard? Check your PS/2 ports, too. dmesg will report the device on the motherboard, but if the ports on the motherboard don't connect to anything else, it won't do you any good. :-) Hope this helps, -charlie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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