From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 22 12:29:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from Bespin.worldnet.net (bespin.worldnet.net [195.3.3.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E16B11362 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:29:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pcasidy@worldnet.fr) Received: from greatoak.home (p15-202.province.worldnet.fr [195.3.15.202]) by Bespin.worldnet.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA15574; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:27:24 +0100 (CET) Received: (from pcasidy@localhost) by greatoak.home (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA03211; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:30:25 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from pcasidy) Message-Id: <199902222030.VAA03211@greatoak.home> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:30:25 +0100 (CET) From: Philippe CASIDY Subject: Re: Not detecting PS/2 mouse To: adamk@voicenet.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <36D16D1E.652C4D01@voicenet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 22 Feb, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > For some reason, FreeBSD (versions 2.2.8, and 3.1, as well as a > snapshot of 3.0) doesn't detect my ps/2 mouse. I've tried a number of > different mice (Logitech 3-button, Microsoft, Compaq), all of which have > worked under Linux and OpenBSD, but which have never been detected by > FreeBSD. Even thought the GENERIC kernel is supposed to support the > ps/2 mouse, I went ahead and recompiled the kernel under 2.2.8, but it > still refused to see it. I do not know if it well help you but for my laptop, I had to set the support for the Intellimouse in the BIOS!! Before this setup, the mouse worked pretty well under an old Debian Linux and FreeBSD 2.2.5 but not under 2.2.8 neither Win98! Phil. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message