From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 28 05:03:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 493E037B401 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 05:03:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 37E3F43F75 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 05:03:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from krylon@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 6938 invoked by uid 65534); 28 Jul 2003 12:03:47 -0000 Received: from B5db2.pppool.de (HELO there) (213.7.93.178) by mail.gmx.net (mp012) with SMTP; 28 Jul 2003 14:03:47 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Benjamin Walkenhorst To: "DJ Landreneau" , "Nicolas Galler" Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 14:03:22 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.1] References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20030728120349.37E3F43F75@mx1.FreeBSD.org> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/psm0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:03:50 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday, 28. July 2003 13:40, DJ Landreneau wrote: > 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. > 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. I take it you wanted to say "I do *NOT* have busmouse or psm0". FreeBSD 5.x uses devfs, i.e. it creates device nodes automatically for device-drivers present in the kernel. So if there is no /dev/psm0 this should mean that there is no PS/2-Mouse-Support present in the kernel. > > Therefore, I am in the process of researching building a custom kernel that > will include support for the PS/2 mouse. If you haven't done so already, check the handbook (/usr/share/doc//books/handbook). You should also check /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC and build your custom kernel file from that. Copy GENERIC to a new filename and edit, remove all the stuff you don't need (SCSI, probably, among others), add stuff you do need... > > 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. I use FreeBSD 5.0 with a PS/2 mouse on my machine, and the mouse worked happily from the first moment on. I don't think this is a problem with the PS/2-driver. I understand there is a website on using FreeBSD on laptops. Maybe you should google for that, and maybe ask Sony, as well, if they have some experience regarding FreeBSD (or some other BSD) on the model you are using. There also was a website about using UNIX and UNIX-like systems on laptops, www.mobilix.org; unfortunately, the website is not available due to copyright reasons, but there is an eMail-link to the site's owner. Maybe he can give you a hint, as well. Kind regards, Benjamin - -- Benjamin Walkenhorst eMail: krylon@gmx.net homepage: http://www.krylon.de -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public Key available at http://www.krylon.de iD8DBQE/JREKoYumWdMvhMQRAunFAJ9LXCPaJ0F+Rf1AcNUztsskWf3vfQCfRaCB a0R0tpY1i2D4k56PiirG5IU= =bZSL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----