From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 15 16:41:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id QAA10636 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:41:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id QAA10631 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:41:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA08356; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:39:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:39:31 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: amg cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ps/2 style mouse troubles In-Reply-To: <32DB703E.73B7@cris.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, amg wrote: > The problem that I am having concerns the ps/2 > style mouse. > 1. hardware: ALR EISA system 486-33 > Logitech Mouseman mouse > 2. FreeBSD 2.10 > I know that both the ps/2 port (0x60, I think) > and the mouse are good as they work with NT 3.51. > > I have recompiled the kernel to include the > psm0 device driver. The symptomes are that X > will not allow the mouse curser to remain on the > screen. No matter how I move the mouse, it will > always remain at some point on the screen's edge. > This is for resolutions of: > 640X480 and 600x800 and 1024x768. Did you modify /etc/XF86Config and reset the pointer device to /dev/psm0? Does /dev/psm0 exist? IF not, run /dev/MAKEDEV psm0. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major