Date: 09 Aug 96 09:46:50 EDT From: Jan Knepper <100626.3506@CompuServe.COM> To: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com>, "[FreeBSD Hackers]" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mouse.. Message-ID: <960809134650_100626.3506_BHL115-1@CompuServe.COM>
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Khetan Gajjar is accused of writing: /* Tried it, and it didn't work. Got -current current to last week Friday. I've got a ps/2 mouse. I tried moused -p /dev/mouse -t ps/2 and also moused -p /dev/psm0 -t ps/2 and it accepted both, but a ps -auxwww | grep moused reveals nothing. vidcontrol -m on shows it, but moving the mouse around does nothing. What am I doing wrong ? */ As far as I know the PS/2 mouse is not enable per default. This is because it might cause certain conflicts. If it is not, you might have to recompile the Kernel: 1. Check with /stand/sysinstall, Post configuration if the Mouse is set to PS/2. 2. Install kernel sources. 3. goto /sys/i386/conf, i.e.: cd /sys/i386/conf 4. copy the GENERIC kernel description file to MYKERNEL for instance, i.e.: cp GENERIC MYKERNEL 5. Modify MYKERNEL, i.e. check the line that says psm0. It *might* be disabled. You also could check /usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.ascii on this or /usr/share/doc/handbook if you have an html viewer. 6. After you modified the file, you also might want to *disable* other devices your system does not have. You can check them at boot time, write them down and disable them in MYKERNEL you run: /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL. 7. Check for ERROR messages /usr/sbin/config might give. 8. cd ../../compiler/MYKERNEL 9. compile MYKERNEL, i.e.: make 10. Install MYKERNEL, i.e.: make install 11. To be sure. cd /dev 12. Do ./MAKEDEV psm0 to create the device. 13. shutdown -r now and reboot the kernel. Now the PS/2 mouse might be active. HTH Don't worry, be Kneppie, Jan
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