From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 9 05:12:03 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id FAA08546 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 05:12:03 -0700 Received: from po2.andrew.cmu.edu (PO2.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.102]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id FAA08536 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 05:11:59 -0700 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po2.andrew.cmu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id IAA02228; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 08:11:54 -0400 Received: via switchmail; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 08:11:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix16.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 08:11:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix16.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 08:11:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Messages.8.5.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix16.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c.411 via MS.5.6.unix16.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c_411; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 08:11:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 08:11:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert N Watson To: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse HOW ?? CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199510062121.OAA02111@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <199510062121.OAA02111@phaeton.artisoft.com> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Excerpts from internet.computing.freebsd-questions: 6-Oct-95 Re: PS/2 mouse HOW ?? Terry Lambert@lambert.or (431*) > > > > I have a ps2 style mouse, The 5 or six pin style I have tried the one option > > that I have found in the FAQ's BUT it still doesnt work any one have > any sugestions or doc's I can look at ? > Probably your X config file is not using the correct protocol. See the > X readme's and man pages. Have you recompiled your kernel to support the psm0 device? If not, you need to do so under 2.0.5R (not sure about later snaps.) BTW -- a thought for 2.1, albeit maybe a little late in the cycle -- maybe an expanded generic kernel should be installed as part of the bindist (as opposed to from the floppy) that has a few extra devices that don't otherwise fit, such as the ps/2 mouse. A rapidly growing number of people have ps/2 mice instead of serial mice, and making all those people recompile the kernel seems silly, given a hopefully open attitude towards easy expandibiity for non-experienced users. Or something like that, anyway. ---- Robert Watson (rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu) * Double major: IDS/CS * H&SS http://www.watson.org/ robert@fledge.watson.org