From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 22 19:59:40 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id TAA15153 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 22 Jul 1995 19:59:40 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA15141 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 1995 19:59:21 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id MAA27184; Sun, 23 Jul 1995 12:46:22 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199507230316.MAA27184@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: "X" system installation...getting one's mouse to be recognized.. To: donhum@ix.netcom.com (Don Humphreys) Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 12:46:22 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199507222035.NAA22347@ix3.ix.netcom.com> from "Don Humphreys" at Jul 22, 95 01:35:42 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1420 Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[