Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 13:01:06 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Timothy P. Layton, Sr." <tlayton@global-sol.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pmso mouse help ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970112125958.4490M-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199701121520.PAA08490@mail.global-sol.com>
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On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Timothy P. Layton, Sr. wrote:
> I am running 2.1.6 FreeBSD on my IBM ThinkPad and have read a lot
> of mail and news threads that tell me that the onboard mouse on the
> keyboard is device pms0. I have pms0 in my kernel and at boot time
> it cant be found at the default port address os 0x60 with the default
> flag of 0x0.
See the FreeBSD FAQ:
3.7. I have a PS/2 mouse (``keyboard'' mouse) How do I use
it?
You'll have to add the following lines to your kernel configuration file
and recompile:
device psm0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector
psmintr
# Options for psm:
options PSM_NO_RESET #don't reset mouse hardware (some laptops)
See the Handbook entry on configuring the kernel if you've no experience
with building kernels.
Once you have a kernel detecting psm0 correctly at boot time, make sure
that an entry for psm0
exists in /dev. You can do this by typing:
cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV psm0
When logged in as root.
Note: Some PS/2 mouse controllers have a problem where the presence of the
psm0 driver will
cause the keyboard to lock up (which is why this driver is not present by
default in the GENERIC
kernel). This can sometimes be fixed by bouncing the NumLock key during
the boot process. Also
suggest going into CMOS setup and toggling any value for Numlock On/Off at
boot time. The real
fix is, of course, to merge the PS/2 mouse driver with syscons. Any
volunteers? :)
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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