From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 27 11:52:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA06943 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 11:52:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thor.inlink.com (ultra.inlink.com [206.196.96.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA06938 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 11:52:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srfpala.inlink.com (palank.inlink.com [206.196.97.120]) by thor.inlink.com (8.8.0/V8) with ESMTP id NAA02924 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 13:52:19 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199709271852.NAA02924@thor.inlink.com> From: "Robert Palank" To: Subject: PS2 Mouse Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 01:55:31 -0500 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Given: Running a Compaq ProLinea 3/25zs with a Sony CDROM (Model # CDU50E) successfully used during FreeBSD installation process. FreeBSD ver 2.1 installed and running with the Generic kernel loaded at install time. X running with keyboard support but with no mouse support. The wrong mouse designated during install time! The kernel has never been rebuilt. Problem: startx aborts with the message - Fatal Server Error: Cannot open mouse:(device not configured) Solution ???? I guess I need to configure my mouse which is a PS/2 mouse and a text indicates that /dev/psaux is an appropriate designation. But I have questions. Q1. Do I need to rebuild my kernel - just to use a PS/2 mouse? Q2. If so, how do I create a MSDOS Partition so that I can install from that partition after I have moved the src into c:\FREEBSD\SRC (manual 2.2.3 Q3. Due to disk space limitations, can I do the copy incrementally. Q4. Do I correctly understand that FreeBSD 2.1 cannot directly access the Sony CDROM drive? Best Regards Bob Palank