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Date:      Sat, 24 May 1997 20:11:59 -0400
From:      Ken Deboy <Plocked@greatbasin.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   rebuilding the kernal
Message-ID:  <338783CF.705C@mail.greatbasin.net>

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Hello,
 I just installed FreeBSD, and I need to rebuild the kernal in order to get the system to
recognize my PS/2-style mouse. Unfortunately, when I follow the instructions in the manual
it 'makes' for quite awhile then quits with:

loading kernel
machdep.o: Undefined symbol '_netisr_set' referenced from text segment
*** Error code 1

Stop
#

Another problem I have is that mtools isn't working correctly, so I can't attach a copy of
MYKERNAL (configuration file) with this, but it is an exact copy of the GENERIC file sup-
plied with the system with everything I don't have commented out. Also, I made sure that
the lines:

device	   psm0	    at isa? port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector psmintr
options    PSM_CHECKSYNC

were in the file. Any suggestions? Is there anything else I need to do to get it to see my
mouse? By the way, I like FreeBSD (even though I can't get it working on my system, I tried
it in school), but in 'The Complete FreeBSD' the statement is made "It is probably easier to
install FreeBSD than any other PC operating system..." Given that it requires recompiling
the kernel just to get it to recognize a fairly common type of mouse, I don't agree with
that statement.
 Oh one more thing - can you recommend a currently (and commonly) available video card that
works with XF86? I had to put BSD on my old 486 because the card in my new computer isn't
supported. Anyway, thanks for your help.

BTW, my system is a 486, 2 IDE (no EIDE), 2 floppies, Matsushita CD (works fine), nothing
else.

With best wishes,
Ken Deboy
Plocked@Greatbasin.com



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