Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 02:05:25 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: "Sreenivasa Donepudi" <sdonepu@megsinet.net> Cc: freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mouse problem in Kernel & XF86 configuration Message-ID: <199707130105.CAA13855@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 12 Jul 1997 14:33:12 CDT." <m0wn7yz-003tpbC@megsinet.net>
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> I have installed FreeBSD 2.2.1 on my Pentium recently. I was able to
> install it fairly quick. But I had one problem which I didn't notice and
> later showedup when I was configuring XFree86.
>
> The problem seemd to be with the mouse. My WIN95 configuartion tells me
> that my mouse is Microsoft PS/2 Bus Mouse!!! I used Microsoft compatible
> mouse at IRQ 5 and Port 0x23c in my kernel configuration (default), but the
> probe indicates an error in finding the mouse posrt at that add. I tried
> using PS/2 mouse but I have conflict with the default port address of 0x60.
> I don't know which port address to use for that.
>
> Can someone suggest me where this problem could be, and what is the fix for
> that. I would appreciate your reponses.
You're using the wrong driver. Boot with the -c option and enable
the psm driver.
> Thanks,
> Sreeni.
> sdonepu@megsinet.net
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