From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 10 10:08:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA15745 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Feb 1997 10:08:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA15735 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 1997 10:08:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA00249; Mon, 10 Feb 1997 10:08:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 10:08:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: David Johnson cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP - mouse In-Reply-To: <32FF5AAF.63D5@onramp.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, David Johnson wrote: > I have a Sharp PC-9020 laptop on which I have installed FreeBSD 2.1.6 > amd XFree86-3.2. The laptop > has a built-in touch pad connected to Com 1, IRQ 4. When I boot up > FreeBSD, sio0 is detected at > 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa as type 16550A. I can not determine what device > it has been configured to, however. Usually laptop mice are PS/2 devices, using the psm0 device. (At least my touchpad is on my CTX.) > If i "cat < /dev/cuaa0" I get no response from touching the touch pad. I > have been unable to bring up X as I can not find the touch pad. I have > tried linking /dev/mouse -> /dev/cuaa0 with no luck. That's correct...What did you set the protocol as in /etc/XF86Config? It should be set to "Microsoft" if it's serial or "PS/2" if it uses psm0. Also make sure that X *is* looking at /dev/mouse and not something else. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major