From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 6 19:57:53 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 19:57:51 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from firefly.prairienet.org (firefly.prairienet.org [192.17.3.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F5A537B400 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 19:57:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from sherman.spotnet.org (slip-88.prairienet.org [192.17.3.108]) by firefly.prairienet.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA14635; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 21:57:46 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 21:57:44 -0600 (CST) From: David Talkington X-Sender: dtalk@sherman.spotnet.org To: "Paul Fu, Jr." Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PS/2 - Serial mouse adapter problems In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Paul Fu, Jr. wrote: >I've got a ps/2-serial adapter hooked up to a freebsd 4.0 box that >connects to a cybex switchview. The switchview is connected to a >intellimouse optical. I can't get the mouse to work using XF86Config >or /stand/sysinstall. I'm using /dev/cuaa0 (and have tried cuaa1) and >every driver combination. Using moused doesn't seem to do anything. It may be a hardware thing. I've had this problem with other OS's as well. Some computers' PS/2 ports just don't seem to like those switchboxes (Dell Optiplex 590s have this issue; I use them for gateways), and it's even flakier when there are PS/2-serial adaptors involved. Try a combination that doesn't require an adaptor, if you have that option. Frankly, I've given up, and just attach a cheap mouse to each box when necessary, and share only the keyboard and monitor. -d To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message