From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 21 12:53:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA25824 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 12:53:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from zippy.dyn.ml.org (garbanzo@spain-11.ppp.hooked.net [206.169.228.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA25814 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 12:53:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from garbanzo@hooked.net) Received: from localhost (garbanzo@localhost) by zippy.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA07011; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 12:54:41 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: zippy.dyn.ml.org: garbanzo owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 12:54:40 -0800 (PST) From: Alex X-Sender: garbanzo@zippy.dyn.ml.org To: Francisco Reyes cc: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: psm0 (ps/2 mouse) after kernel build without booting -c? In-Reply-To: <199712211915.LAA13780@super.zippo.com> 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 Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Francisco Reyes wrote: > Every time I recompile a new kernel I have to boot with the "-c" > option to enable the ps/2 mouse(psm0). Is there a way to have this > set from the kernel so after each re-compile psm0 is available? Yes, edit the kernel configuration file (i.e.: /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC for the GENERIC kernel) and find the line with device psm0 on it. Remove the word disable. On newer systems (maybe only recent -current systems) psm0 isn't disabled by default. On some systems, checking for a PS/2 mouse without one attached will cause problems. YMMY. - alex