From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 11 19:14:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A833106564A for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:14:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C3A68FC17 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:14:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E1BAFE81F96; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:14:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:14:43 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20101011191443.GA5223@thought.org> References: <20101011032642.GA3354@thought.org> <20101011164152.GA4652@thought.org> <20101011193153.758efde5.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101011181438.GA5076@thought.org> <20101011202741.9e107460.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101011202741.9e107460.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: mouse problems.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:14:54 -0000 On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 08:27:41PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:14:38 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > Bah, or Bah-humbug! I tried the quick-fix mod and get the > > following: > > > > > > moused_type="auto" > > moused: optind: 9, optarg: '4' > > moused: unable to open /dev/psm0: No such file or directory > > ethic# > > This was to be expected. Check > > # dmesg | grep psm > > If no PS/2 mouse shows up, moused has nothing to connect to. Maybe > resetting (power-cycling) the KVM switch helps? > > > > > Then i dropped in your four line into /etc/rc.conf and rebooted. > > A few lines before the prompt was the message that "/dev/psm0" > > was not file nor directory. > > Same thing - no device there. > > > > > Suggestions? The kernel on this '09 Dell is from last December. > > I'll rebuild. > > I've been using PS/2 mice with 4.0 GENERIC kernel, so there will > surely be no "bleeding edge" technology needed. :-) > > The psm driver has been part of the GENERIC kernel for years, and > I doubt is has been removed lately... > > > > > I finished upgrading kernel and world on my 2003 Dell. Will > > drop in your 4 lines and see what happened after reboot. > > Also check dmesg. The psm device MUST be found. It should "come through" > the same controller mechanism as the keyboard (atkbdc), so if the > keyboard works, the mouse should, too. > > Oh, just a suggestion: if you can directly connect a mouse, check > if it works. Do NOT connect anything from or to a PS/2 connector > while the system is powered on! PS/2 is NOT hot-pluggable! > This mouse is A USB type. The KVM only has two USM slots, nothing for a PS/2 type anything... I think. Wait. the keyboard is old enough to be PS/2. Trouble is that I can't see back behind the KVM box. The 'user manual' has few diagrams. gary > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.90a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org