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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:9800 comp.windows.x.i386unix:8543 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!news.sol.net!solaria.sol.net!not-for-mail From: jgreco@solaria.sol.net (Joe Greco) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: FreeBSD-1.1-BETA, XFree86-2.1, Logitech Bus Mouse, messed up keyboard I/O Date: 19 Apr 1994 01:30:36 -0500 Organization: Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI Lines: 38 Message-ID: <2ovtqc$fis@solaria.mil.wi.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: solaria.mil.wi.us I've spent all day messing with this, trying to get a Logitech Bus Mouse to work. Symptoms: XF86_SVGA seems to work fine, except that most (usually all) keyboard I/O never appears. I can move the mouse around the screen and scroll the screen. I can pop an xterm up. But when I try to type (in the xterm), only about 10% of my characters make it, and eventually this seems to dwindle to nearly 0%. I created a new kernel and tweaked some parameters. I took the "mse0" entry from the LINT kernel and added it, changing to irq 9. (I later noticed a FAQ saying to use irq6, but since that's the FD ctlr and my busmouse card didn't have an irq6 setting, I ignored it)... XSERVER is defined. The console driver is whatever GENERICAH's is (pccons I believe). My kernel sources are 30 miles away over a 14.4K SLIP link, so recompiles are a pain - ie I haven't played extensively with the kernel. I have a /dev/mse0 which is maj/min 27,1, crw-rw-rw-. I put Busmouse "/dev/mse0" in my Xconfig. I run XF86_SVGA and everything seems to work (mouse moves, windows come up). But the keyboard becomes totally useless. What am I doing wrong? I don't see anything. (probably something simple...) On the other hand, it feels like a driver problem. Hardware: Northgate 386DX/25 motherboard, 11MB RAM Trident 8900C video card, 1M RAM 60MB MFM disk, WD8003E @0x280,irq5, 2 16450 serial ports Logitech Bus Mouse Controller, irq2/9 Ideas? Comments? Flames for missing an obvious FAQ? Can anyone at least narrow it down to being either a kernel problem or an XFree86 problem? Does anyone have a magic patch? Etc. Thanks, ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847