From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 25 20:48:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA24303 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:48:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA24252 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:48:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA00769; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:48:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:48:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Paul A. Mullaseril" cc: questions@freebsd.org, pabraham@vax1.mankato.msus.edu Subject: Re: PS/2 Mouse with BSD In-Reply-To: <3249C244.4042@bpa.arizona.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Paul A. Mullaseril wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD on a pentium 200 Mhz m/c with adaptec > SCSI drive (2940 narrow) and a PS /2 mouse. I recompiled the kernel with > the the option that you specified on the FAQ page and ran the MAKEDEV > psm0 executable. However the Xserver still crashes saying that the > device is not configured. I would be much obliged if you could tell me > how to get this OS working with X-Windows. edit /etc/XF86Config and re-point the server to /dev/psm0 and not /dev/mouse. Optionally, ln -s /dev/psm0 /dev/mouse. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major