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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!cs.utexas.edu!newshost.convex.com!cnn.exu.ericsson.se!eua.ericsson.se!usenet From: seb@erix.ericsson.se (Sebastian Strollo) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PS2 problems with XF86 Date: 08 Aug 1996 10:29:05 +0200 Organization: Ericsson Telecom, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 16 Sender: seb@scotch.du.etx.ericsson.se Message-ID: <qyybjq8ejy.fsf@scotch.du.etx.ericsson.se> References: <4tmfgq$f3d@quasar.dimensional.com> <4u0b42$qnk@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4u45om$k92@quasar.dimensional.com> <4u5i7a$62f@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: scotch.du.etx.ericsson.se In-reply-to: j@uriah.heep.sax.de's message of 5 Aug 1996 19:31:54 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 [Discussion about whether the original poster really had a PS/2 mouse or not deleted] > From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) > > The true PS/2 mouse is perhaps better described as ``keyboard > mouse'' (other unices include them into their `kd' driver). It plugs > into the keyboard controller and acts very similar to a second > keyboard, just that it sends mouse events as opposed to scan codes. Yes, and this is causing at least me grief on my laptop with a trackball with a PS/2 interface (a DELL XPi). When starting X it hangs every now and then. I guess the right thing to do(?) for FreeBSD as well would be to integrate the psm driver into syscons. /Sebastian