Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 07:40:01 -0400 From: "DJ Landreneau" <dj@landreneau.com> To: "Nicolas Galler" <beanie@gryphonmud.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: /dev/psm0 Message-ID: <DFEGKHBAPHCMBAGGAKAAKEEMCCAA.dj@landreneau.com> In-Reply-To: <20030728015013.GA10407@anoat.phoenix>
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As the original poster of this thread I feel compelled to provide some more information. I am running FreeBSD 5.0 that I obtained through the FreeBSD Unleased book I purchased from Barnes & Noble. Here is a numerated list of more: 1. Sony VAIO PCG-GRX550 laptop. 2. 40gb hard drive 3. 512mb RAM. 4. The video adapter is a Mobility Raadeon 7500 with 32mb of video memory. When I boot up FreeBSD and do ls -al on the /dev directory I do have busmouse or psm0 in the directory. Someone in an earlier reply to my post said this means that I do not have psm0 support in my kernel. Therefore, I am in the process of researching building a custom kernel that will include support for the PS/2 mouse. I must admit that I am rather surprised that an advanced OS such as FreeBSD does not include support for PS/2 in its generic configuration. DJ -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Nicolas Galler Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 9:50 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/psm0 On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 06:25:59PM -0700, Charlie Schluting wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 08:52:39AM -0400, DJ Landreneau wrote: > > > > I am running 5.0 that came with "FreeBSD Unleashed" by Sams. > > > > > > > > Can you point me into the correct direction for enabling kernel support for > > > > psm0? > > > > > > Read the chapter in the handbook about kernel configuration, and take > > > it from there. > > > > > > Kris > > > > I am sure the psm device is built in the generic kernel though. > > > > Nick > > > Then... your original question was answered.. by yourself. > > I don't know what you are trying to ask. > I guess the original question should have been, why isnt the touchpad working with the psm support included in the generic kernel, I would be hard pressed to help since I have never used fbsd on a laptop - I was just pointing out that including psm support in the kernel is probably not going to be enough since it is already there. I am not the original poster, by the way, though I would be interested in the answer as well. Nick _______________________________________________ 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"
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