Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:36:33 -0500 (EST) From: "Dogbert's Nephew" <englishk@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Tyler Ripley <cyberchip@mailcity.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mouse not working in X Windows Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9803190815.A12935-0100000@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980319090237.51372@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Wed, 18 March 1998 at 9:10:33 -0700, Tyler Ripley wrote:
> > I installed option number 5 of FreeBSD, and when I type startx it will start to initialize
> > the X Windows system, and the screen will clear, but then it exits out, and says
> >
> > Fatal Error:
> > Mouse not found(device not installed)
> >
> > but I did install the mouse. I installed a PS/2 Mouse, because on the bottom of
> > my mouse it says PS/2 compatible, but it's also a Microsoft mouse, and I tried that
> > option too, and it also did the same thing. Is there anything I can do to use the
> > mouse?
This guy is right, the PS/2 mouse is not enabled in GENERIC.
1st, you need to make sure psm0 is in the /dev directory.
if not do a MAKEDEV psm0
next, you need to reboot and at the boot prompt ('boot:') type '-c'
when you gettin to the prompt type 'enable psm0' then 'exit'
It took me a while to figure that out.
>
> PS/2 mice are disabled by default in the GENERIC kernel. You should
> first enable it with UserConfig. The latest addenda to "The Complete
> FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm)
> include a description of what you need to do--check out
> http://www.lemis.com/errata-2.html.
>
> Greg
>
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