From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 22 12:29:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30FD9115E9 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:29:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10F1z6-00065f-00; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:29:45 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id UAA04250; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:29:00 GMT Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA00250; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:27:15 GMT (envelope-from marko) Message-ID: <19990222202715.A217@localhost> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:27:15 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Adam K Kirchhoff Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Not detecting PS/2 mouse References: <36D16D1E.652C4D01@voicenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <36D16D1E.652C4D01@voicenet.com>; from Adam K Kirchhoff on Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 09:43:42AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 09:43:42AM -0500, 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. My PS/2 Logitech Pilot 3 button mouse works fine under 2.2.8 (& did under 2.2.7 as well). It's a while since I set it up, but IIRC it is supported in the GENERIC kernel but isn't enabled by default. > During the boot process I've also gone in UserConfig mode to specify > different io ports... Still no luck. Try ``boot -c'' again and ensure it is enabled (look in the lower pane, "Inactive drivers -> Input", for it). As a confirmation that it is enabled you should see a conflict with the sc0 console driver (and a note that this is an allowed conflict. -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message