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Date:      Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:48:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Paul A. Mullaseril" <pabraham@bpa.arizona.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org, pabraham@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Subject:   Re: PS/2 Mouse with BSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960925204749.647P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3249C244.4042@bpa.arizona.edu>

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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




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