Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 20:51:16 +0800 (CST) From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> To: Kristofer Pettersson <thek@erika.fdata.se> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can't get my mouse to work.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950807205002.720C-100000@aries> In-Reply-To: <199507311506.RAA26291@erika.fdata.se>
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On Mon, 31 Jul 1995, Kristofer Pettersson wrote:
>
> I use a compaq (microsoft) mouse connected to one of those small round
> sockets :-) (looks just like the keyboard socket).
That might be a PS/2-style mouse, which is a little problematic
because the default kernel you get with FreeBSD does not have an
appropriate drive for it. You need to compile a new kernel for
yourself with the "psm" driver in it. Then your mouse device is
/dev/psm0.
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