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Date:      Mon, 3 Nov 1997 13:31:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Adam Galant <AGALANT@okwf1.okwf.fuw.edu.pl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I have a problem with my mouse...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971103133036.26026B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <642AD22991@okwf1.okwf.fuw.edu.pl>

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On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Adam Galant wrote:

>     I have had a following problem with FreeBSD:
>   After the instalation my FreeBSD worked fine  (the installation was 
> easy, quite unlike some Linux systems) with one exception: it didn't 
> see my mouse. I mean: no mouse cursor appeared when I moved the 
> mouse, the X-server didn't detect my mouse either, so I coudn't run 
> it. 

A correction.  The ps/2 mouse device, psm0, is built into GENERIC but is
disabled by default.  Simply put -c on the Boot: prompt, go into
configuration mode, and re-enable psm0.  you don't need to rebuild the
kernel.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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