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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 09:35:16 -0500
From: Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com>
To: Greg Bedrossian <greg@gcsl.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: PS2 Mouse Support
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On Tue, Jan 06, 1998 at 01:41:33PM +0000, Greg Bedrossian wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> For some time now, I have been unable to implement my X86 GUI
> environment as a result of not being able to get my PS2 mouse to work.
> 
> It appears that while in the GUI setup screen you can choose this type
> of mouse, it is disabled in the kernel config for the reason that it
> claims to have a conflict with the "IO_KBD" interupt vector 12. Further
> investigation shows that in fact it is not the IRQ that seems to be the
> conflicting issue, but thr port address 0x60 that conflicts with the
> Keyboard port address 0x60. While the config table indicates that this
> conflict is "allowed" after adding the "psm0" driver to the "Active
> Drivers" list,  when you enter the config screen in X86 GUI mode to
> configure the mouse, the keyboard freezes.
> 
> Any ideas anyone?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> kgb

Either remove the word `disable' from the psm0 device in the kernel
configuration file and rebuild the kernel or try a PS2-to-RS232 adapter.
-- 
Regards,
Norman C. Rice, Jr.