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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!lantana.singnet.com.sg!merlion.singnet.com.sg!ts900-1508.singnet.com.sg!daniel From: daniel@santeh.com.sg (Daniel Qiao) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Where Does My Mouse Live? Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 00:43:00 Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Lines: 23 Message-ID: <daniel.6.0000B72F@santeh.com.sg> References: <DC2Lr4.5pv@bigtop.dr.att.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts900-1508.singnet.com.sg X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <DC2Lr4.5pv@bigtop.dr.att.com> Bob Thomas <rnt@druak.dr.att.com> writes: >From: Bob Thomas <rnt@druak.dr.att.com> >Subject: Where Does My Mouse Live? >Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 14:33:03 GMT >I am having trouble determining what my mouse file is in >/dev under FreeBSD 2.0.5. I read comments in README.FreeBSD >but none of the advise in there seemed to work. According >to MAKEDEV, the file should be something like /dev/psm0, >but when I load that in the config file xstart still can't >find the mouse. During bootup, it looks like the port is >being recognized as sio0, but no sio entries show up in >/dev. I have a Gateway2000 P5-60. >Bob Thomas Try looking at /etc/XF86Config under Section "Pointer", there should be a device name "/dev/xxx", change that to "/dev/cuaa0" for COM1, and "/dev/cuaa1" for COM2. Good luck Daniel Qiao