From owner-freebsd-questions  Fri May 12 06:31:20 1995
Return-Path: questions-owner
Received: (from majordom@localhost)
          by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id GAA03096
          for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 May 1995 06:31:20 -0700
Received: from copper.cmp.com (copper.cmp.com [198.80.26.247])
          by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id GAA03087
          for <questions@FreeBSD.org>; Fri, 12 May 1995 06:31:17 -0700
Received: from mailgate.cmp.com ([198.80.26.5]) by copper.cmp.com with SMTP
	(1.37.109.14/16.2) id AA143675359; Fri, 12 May 1995 09:29:20 -0400
Received: by mailgate.cmp.com with Microsoft Mail
	id <2FB38D29@mailgate.cmp.com>; Fri, 12 May 95 09:30:33 PDT
From: Plyaskin Sergey <splyaski@cmp.com>
To: questions <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: RE: X-windows mouse problem
Date: Fri, 12 May 95 09:29:00 PDT
Message-Id: <2FB38D29@mailgate.cmp.com>
Encoding: 44 TEXT
X-Mailer: Microsoft Mail V3.0
Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk


The /dev/psm0 entry exists, but the mouse cursor does not respond to any
mouse event.
I have attempted all the configuration options that I could think of and 
have
consulted
the documentation that came with my the FreeBSD 2.0 version I am using (I
purchased the
Walnut Creek CD-ROM) but I have not been able to get the mouse to work
properly.  The
documentation I have indicates that you can cat from the device /dev/tty00 
to
check for
mouse events.  When I try this I get no visual reaction corresponding to
mouse events.
I have also tried to cat from /dev/psm0 and /dev/mouse (both of which 
exist),
but these
devices do not allow me to cat from them (unless I change the file
attributes, and even
then I do not get any visual reaction for mouse events).

      Try also /dev/cuaa0 (or cuaa1). That worked for me.
      =S.P.

I am running FreeBSD 2.0 on a Gateway 2000 P5-75.  The system has a PS/2
mouse which
is detected properly by the other software I use (my primary 720MB HD is
dedicated to
OS/2 v.3 - Warp - I run FreeBSD 2.0 from a second dedicated 450MB HD).  I 
see
no
indication of the mouse being detected in the boot messages (I don't know if
I should or
not).

I would greatly appreciate any additional ideas or help anyone can provide. 


Regards, and to the FreeBSD 2.0 authors/contributers, thanks for the great
work!

Vernon Stinebaker