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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!psgrain!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!ensta!itesec!keltia.frmug.fr.net!not-for-mail From: roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net (Ollivier Robert) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse driver in FreeBSD? Date: 21 Aug 1994 15:54:50 +0200 Organization: A Happy FreeBSD 1.1.5 Usenet Site Lines: 32 Message-ID: <337mbo$dq@keltia.frmug.fr.net> References: <1994Aug20.163231.25423@cc.usu.edu> Reply-To: roberto@hsc.fr.net (Ollivier Robert) NNTP-Posting-Host: keltia.frmug.fr.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In article <1994Aug20.163231.25423@cc.usu.edu>, <chada@cc.usu.edu> wrote: > -- I cannot find any drivers in /dev for a PS/2 mouse. Am I going to > need to recompile the kernal to get PS/2 mouse support? I would rather > not have to buy a serial mouse, and I'd like to keep all of my serial > ports open for modem and terminal. > I know I am not the first to ask this, but I could find nothing in the > FAQ. Please post any responses back to this group. I am Xless until I > find a solution :) Actually it is in the FreeBSD FAQ : ============================================================ 3.7 I have a PS/2 mouse (``keyboard'' mouse) (Alternatively: I have a laptop with a track-ball mouse). How do I use it? <1.1>: For the PS/2 mouse you need to look in /usr/src/contrib/FAQ/programs/psm, which is John Solhed's port of the Linux PS/2 mouse driver. Follow the directions in the package. You will also need to change your Xconfig file to point to the mouse. <1.1.5>: The PS/2 mouse is part of the system. See the psm0 driver description in /sys/doc/options.doc. ============================================================ -- Ollivier ROBERT roberto@hsc.fr.net Hervé Schauer Consultants Ollivier.Robert@keltia.frmug.fr.net PERL / MIME / PGP / 4.4BSD FreeBSD keltia 1.1.5(RELEASE) RELEASE#0 i386