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Date:      Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:37:59 -0700
From:      Micah <micahjon@ywave.com>
To:        brian kaczynski <socomseal989@cox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ps/2 mouse
Message-ID:  <4338B087.7020901@ywave.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050926213435.0b245c34.socomseal989@cox.net>
References:  <20050926213435.0b245c34.socomseal989@cox.net>

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brian kaczynski wrote:
> My PS/2 mouse doesn't move in Xorg. I've tried the protocol on auto
> and ps/2 in xorgconfig, but nothing seems to work. I've noticed there
> isn't an entry in /dev for psm0. I'm using a keyboard, video, mouse
> switcher, but that shouldn't matter because it worked on linux
> before. I tried adding the mouse in sysinstall with the mouse daemon,
> but i still have no psm0, and of course, the mouse still doesnt work.
> Any help, ideas, suggestions would be wonderful. Thanks in advance.

When using the mouse daemon I believe you should connect to 
/dev/sysmouse not /dev/psm0.  My xorg.conf looks like:

     Identifier  "Mouse1"
     Driver      "mouse"
     Option "Protocol"    "Auto"
     Option "Device"      "/dev/sysmouse"
     Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

Later,
Micah



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