From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 20 22:05:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA10892 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 22:05:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from m16.boston.juno.com (m16.boston.juno.com [205.231.101.192]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA10883 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 22:05:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wakkym@juno.com) Received: (from wakkym@juno.com) by m16.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id ByI07763; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 01:05:22 EST To: psh1@cornell.edu, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I broke my mouse. Message-ID: <19971221.010303.5295.3.wakkym@juno.com> References: X-Mailer: Juno 1.15 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0,2-13,17 From: wakkym@juno.com (Lee Cremeans) Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 01:05:22 EST Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 20 Dec 1997 22:16:54 -0700 (MST) Atipa writes: > >Is the mouse plugged in when the system boots? The BIOS needs to hook >IRQ 12 at boot; if you try to plug in the mouse after boot, it won't >be >properly recognized. Looks like the driver can't reset the device >because it >can not physically locate it. > >You may have fried your mouse port on your motherboard. What type of >mouse and motherboard are you using? Actually, it may be something that's not as bad...many newer motherboards have fuses on the keyboard and PS/2 mouse ports. If you're handy with a soldering iron and a multimeter, this is pretty easy to fix, but in any case, you may not need to replace the whole board.