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From: ddtodd@ucdavis.edu (Daniel D. Todd)
Subject: PS/2 Mouse w/ Xfree86?
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Keywords: mouse, PS/2, Xfree86
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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1994 20:15:08 GMT
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Hello all,
Well, I managed to get FreeBSD (1.1.5.1 from freebsd.cdrom.com) up and running 
without annoying the list but Xfree86 is another problem all together.  I 
managed to get Xconfig to accept everything except my mouse.  I have a 
microsoft PS/2 mouse. The PS/2 board is built into my moterboard, Thanks 
Gateway.  I tried the line:

PS/2  /dev/psm0

This returned a "device not configured" 
error. Is there anyway t oget this to work?  Sorry if the answer is really 
obvious this is my first Unix installation. 

FWIW the rest of my system looks a little like this
486 dx2 50
8Meg ram
Phoenix bios (can't remember the ver. number)
ATI oem board, came with mach32 dos/windows drivers so that's what I put in 
Xconfig  w/ 1Meg ram  
Crystal Scan 15" mon. 1280X1024
LMSI cm-205 CD-ROM (haven't even tried to get going)
2 WD caviar ide VLB drives. One 540 and one 405. free BSD is on second 
partition (~405 Mb of the 540 drive) 

thanks,
Dan