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Date:      Sun, 23 Jul 1995 12:46:22 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        donhum@ix.netcom.com (Don Humphreys)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "X" system installation...getting one's mouse to be recognized..
Message-ID:  <199507230316.MAA27184@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199507222035.NAA22347@ix3.ix.netcom.com> from "Don Humphreys" at Jul 22, 95 01:35:42 pm

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Don Humphreys stands accused of saying:
> Dear Tech Support,

Dear Disturbed,    8)

> Everything seemed to install Ok, except I cannot get the "X" system 
> configuration to recognize my MOUSE.

Which serial port is it connected to?

> I have an ACER Pentium 60mhz machine that was preloaded with DOS 6.22 
> and windows 3.1.

That's ok; these little unfortunates happen to everyone 8)

> The mouse driver is located in C:\mouse. MOUSE.EXE AND MOUSE.COM ARE 
> present in this directory?

DOS drivers are totally irrelevant to FreeBSD.  It neither knows nor
cares about them.

> What do I need to do in order to cofigure (install) X Windows in 
> FREEBSD? What directory should I specify when the location of the
> mouse is requested in the XCONFIG dirctory...their example is 
> /dev/mouse.  This didn't work, nor did /dos/mouse (mountpoint of C: 
> dos), nor anything else I tried.

You need to supply the name of the device that the mouse is connected
to.  If it's com1 under DOS, it's /dev/cuaa0.  Com2 is /dev/cuaa1.

> Don Humphreys

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