From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 3 09:29:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DF1B37B401 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:29:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from michael.its.calpoly.edu (michael.its.calpoly.edu [129.65.60.91]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EFD843F3F for ; Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:29:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dknapp@calpoly.edu) Received: from degas.artisan.calpoly.edu (degas.artisan.calpoly.edu [129.65.60.42]) by michael.its.calpoly.edu (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.2-CR) with ESMTP id AEC07940; Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:29:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (root@localhost)with ESMTP id JAA03806 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:29:03 -0800 (PST) From: dknapp@calpoly.edu X-OpenMail-Hops: 1 Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:29:02 -0800 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline; filename="BDY.RTF" ;Creation-Date="Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:29:02 -0800" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: dknapp@calpoly.edu Subject: Novice has psm0 problems on a laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 17:29:04 -0000 I have a Compaq Presario 1220 laptop (Cyrix 200Mhz - woot!), and I can't= seem to get the touchpad to work. =20 I've read the laptop/mobile computing info, searched the mailing list, and gone to a couple of linux laptop sites - and from what I gather, there is really nothing special about a touchpad - it should just work as a psm0 device. I've tried installing 4.7 -RELEASE and 5.0-RELEASE thinking that perhaps that would make a difference - but it didn't. =20 In 4.7 (which is currently running) psm0 isn't detected or at least isn't listed on dmesg (same thing=3F). When I did the preliminary configuration, I made sure that psm0 was enabled/listed. =20 I found another post where someone was having problems with their touchpad -=20 I tried moused -p /dev/psm0 -t auto Moused: unable to open /dev/psm0: device not configured. So, I'm thinking that perhaps my next step is to force psm0 to be configured=3F Am I screwed if it isn't detected at boot - any way to fix that=3F There is also an external port that has a mouse/keyboard picture - I've tried plugging in an external ps/2 mouse, and it doesn't seem to work either. All of my mouse testing has been done by running /stand/sysinstall - mouse configuration=20 The most aggravating thing is that I was able to run /stand/sysinstall at one point, and I had it working! However, I have now tried all the mouse configuration options under post installation configuration, and none of them have worked. At various points I've been able to get X running, but to really make the laptop usable, I need a mouse - my last resort is going to be to try= a serial mouse, but I don't have one handy. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. dbk David Knapp Network Analyst, Cal Poly, SLO dknapp@calpoly.edu 805.748.4650 "Knowing the path is not the same thing as walking the path" =2D-- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.467 / Virus Database: 266 - Release Date: 4/1/2003 =20