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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: XF86311 & PS/2 Mouse
Date: 15 Oct 1995 11:23:13 +0100
Organization: Private FreeBSD site, Dresden.
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<sean@infobahn.icubed.com> wrote:

>I need a little help.  > >I'm in the process of setting up an
experimental FreeBSD 2.0.5 box.  I can't get XF86v311 to work >with my
PS/2 mouse.  The server crashes with a message to the effect that it
can't find a mouse >definition in /dev. (I've set up XF86311 to use
the PS/2 mouse definition and /dev/mouse -- What >am I doing wrong?)
Any help would be appreciated.  > >System specs: >CPU - Intel Classic
R (486 DX2/66, 8Mb RAM, integrated serial, parallel and mouse ports,
floppy and >IDE (IDE disabled) controllers and VGA (Cirrus Logic
GL-5424)) >Network Card - LinkSys Ether16 (NE2000 comaptible - I/O
300, IRQ 5) >SCSI Controller - Adaptec AVA-1515 (I/O 340, IRQ 11)
connected to 2 Maxtor 7345 (SCSI 0 and 1) >drives and 1 Sony CDU-76
CD-ROM (SCSI 6).  >

Please, restrict your line length to < 79 characters.

You need to build a kernel containing the "psm" device.  Refer to the
LINT config file and the section in the FAQ/handbook about how to
rebuild a kernel.
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)