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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!news2.near.net!news.delphi.com!BIX.com!arog From: arog@BIX.com (arog on BIX) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: ATI Bus Mouse with NetBSD Date: 15 Aug 94 13:11:20 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation Lines: 35 Message-ID: <arog.776956280@BIX.com> References: <328uh3$4hg@iserver.dolby.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bix.com dem@dolby.com (Douglas Mandell) writes: >OK, OK! I give up! What's the magic incantation to get the mouse on an ATI >Graphics Ultra Pro (ISA) to work? >I'm using NetBSD-current 1.0 Beta, and I re-configured the kernel to include >the mms0 device, and then rebuilt it (twice, in fact). During boot-up, the >mouse device fails to show up. I double-checked the I/O address and IRQ (0x23c >and 5, same as the config file), but the probe is still missing it, and of >course, the X server won't start (gives "device not configured" error). >1.) Is the mms0 device the correct one for this mouse? The ATI literature > is maddeningly devoid of technical detail, mentioning only briefly that > the "input is Microsoft BusMouse compatible". >2.) Is there something else I need to do after rebuilding and installing a > new kernel to make the system recognize new hardware? (I already tried > re-making the character-special device /dev/mms0). >Thanks in advance for any help I get. >--Douglas Mandell I'll suggest 'booting to dos' and running the ATI setup utilities at the card... and take a look as to how it is configured. It just might be set to 'serial' of to an odd interupt in its eeprom. er... make that - or and odd - ........................................................ Alan Ogden arog@BIX.com