From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 20 21:06:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA08488 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 21:06:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from wartch.rih.org (ppp-206-170-3-47.okld03.pacbell.net [206.170.3.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA08483 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 21:06:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peterh@wartch.rih.org) Received: (from peterh@localhost) by wartch.rih.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA00290 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 21:06:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peterh) Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 21:06:36 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Haight Message-Id: <199712210506.VAA00290@wartch.rih.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Subject: Re: I broke my mouse. In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 21 Dec 1997 13:10:31 +0900." <199712210411.NAA17120@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> From: psh1@cornell.edu -------- >I am not sure which type of mouse you own, the PS/2 mouse or the >serial mouse? It is definitely a PS/2 mouse. I have been using it with the psm0 driver for a few weeks now. >The psm driver is for the PS/2 mouse, not for the serial mouse. >Modification to the sio driver will have no effect on the psm driver >and the PS/2 mouse which is connected to the PS/2 mouse port. That's what I thought. I thought they might be associated because the mouse stopped working sometime in the middle of my changes to sio.c. >If you do have a PS/2 mouse, it is connected to the PS/2 mouse port, >and it works on other computers, there may be a hardware problem: a) >the PS/2 mouse port on this motherboard may be broken, b) or the >cabling between the motherboard and the PS/2 mouse port connector on >you computer case is somewhat bad. How can I confirm or deny either of these two problems?