Date: Wed, 13 Mar 96 18:00:46 EST From: gtc@aloft.att.com (gary.corcoran) To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: device problems Message-ID: <9603132300.AA10372@stargazer>
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I am a new FreeBSD user who has just successfully installed the 2.1.0 RELEASE version, including XFree86. I also recompiled a custom kernel for the devices in my system. It mostly works, but I have two major problems: No networking, and no (usable) mouse. My network card is a 3Com 3C579, which is listed in the hardware compatibilty list for FreeBSD. However, I was unable to find an entry for the 3C579 in the LINT configuration file. So, hoping that the 3C509 driver was also the one for the 3C579, I put that in my kernel configuration file, except that since it is an EISA card, I did not specify the port address. Upon booting, I get the following messages: 1 3C5x9 board(s) on EISA found at 0x2000 ep0: 3c5x9 at 0x0 in test mode. Erase pencil mark! ep0: eeprom failed to come ready. epprobe: ignoring model ffff ep0 not found So, it finds the card, sort of, but then doesn't "like" it. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? (and/or what that 'Erase pencil mark!' message means? ) My other big problem occurs when I try to run X. No, not a problem with the display, but a problem with my mouse! I have a built-in (PS/2 style) mouse port on my motherboard, so I compiled the "psm" device into my kernel. (and do not have the mse device) I see the following message on bootup: psm0 at 0x60-0x63 irq 12 on motherboard So, it seems to be found by the kernel okay. The problem is, when I try to *use* the mouse after starting X, the behavior of the mouse is very erratic, to put it mildly. Almost any motion of the mouse, in any direction, puts the cursor to the top of the screen, and tends to put it to the extreme left. If, by random chance, I can get it to any other part of the screen, any tiny motion *WHATSOEVER* of the mouse zooms it back up to the top of the screen. Obviously, there's a communication problem with the mouse. If I had to guess, I would guess that it is acting like a serial bit-rate mismatch between what the mouse is sending and the hardware on the motherboard (presuming that a PS/2 mouse still sends serial characters). But I didn't find any documentation about how, if it's possible, to set the communication bit-rate for the mouse. So, does anyone have a clue about what may be the problem with my PS/2 mouse? Thank you, Gary Corcoran gtc@aloft.att.com
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