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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!usenet From: shivers@ai.mit.edu (Olin Shivers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Accelerated X under FreeBSD 2.1 cannot open mouse. Date: 26 Feb 1996 17:59:23 -0500 Organization: Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT Lines: 15 Sender: shivers@lambda.ai.mit.edu Message-ID: <qijenrhae2c.fsf@lambda.ai.mit.edu> References: <e91hsgmg3.fsf@steffi.mnsinc.com> Reply-To: shivers@ai.mit.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: lambda.ai.mit.edu In-reply-to: robert@steffi.mnsinc.com's message of 24 Feb 1996 21:37:16 -0500 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 From: robert@steffi.mnsinc.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 24 Feb 1996 21:37:16 -0500 Hi, I configured a PS2 mouse in Xsetup and I've compiled it in the kernel and it comes up as psm at boot time on irq 12 correctly. However, when I start Xaccel is fails saying cannot open mouse/tablet. I had this happen. The problem was that Xsetup thinks PS2 mice are /dev/pms0 instead of /dev/psm0. Make the change in the form field, and you may win. It's such a small transposition, your eye skips right over it. -Olin