From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Jul 3 6: 0:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8125437B400 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 06:00:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C90143E42 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 06:00:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely5.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g63D0KMa067195 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:00:22 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely5.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g63D0JFJ076197 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:00:20 +0200 (CEST)?g (envelope-from ticso@cicely5.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) id g63D0JXC076196; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:00:19 +0200 (CEST)?g (envelope-from ticso) Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:00:18 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Christian Weisgerber Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mouse on a Noname Message-ID: <20020703130018.GW70344@cicely5.cicely.de> Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de References: <001701c221c1$fe261ab0$9600000a@tamama> <15649.40544.867493.419695@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <3D22BEEC.D129C05A@yahoo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely5.cicely.de 5.0-CURRENT i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 11:57:13AM +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Falko Meyer wrote: > > > > > At boot it already complains that the mouse is not present. > > I think "at boot" should read "at SRM initialisation". > > SRM only checks for a PS/2 mouse. The complaint is harmless. > Using a serial mouse is entirely within the domain of FreeBSD. > > > A longer time ago I read something about non standard serial ports on > > noname and that this chapter in the handbook would be very obscure. > > This probably refers to the pin-out of the on-board connectors, but > there is no standard for these in the PC world either. > > > Maybe one needs special cables to connect the board with the > > connector > > Obviously you need ones that go with the board pin-out. > > > and I have standard PC ones. > > No such thing. PC cables are usually one of two different pinouts. NoName uses the (much) less often used one. If you just took a random PC cable it's most likely wrong. > Since the board pin-out is documented in section 2.2.2.16 of the > AXPpci33 manual, you can easily verify if the cable is correct, > check out alternative cables, or solder your own. The boards were manufactured for the OEM market were it doesn't matter. -- B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message