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From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: XFree86-3.2 & Microsoft Mouse
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 23:47:52 CST
Organization: Southern Illinois University
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Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p

I have installed V3.2 of XFree86 on a Gateway-2000 using a "true" Microsoft
mouse, and FreeBSD 2.2-SNAP.

In the kernel configuration, /dev/psm0 is commented out and its I/O address
conflicts with that for scd0 (sc0 ?) - the SCSI disk (controller).

In addition, the video card is listed as having a 1703 RAMDAC, but the
XFree86 configuration has a 1700 or a 1703 selection - no 1702.

When XDM starts up, I get a small part of a cursor, no mouse control,
and a login window that is choped off by the lower righthand part of the X
screen.

I need to find the appropriate mouse "device" (in or out of the kernel),
how to get the X windows placed properly, and how to get Xaccess (et al)
to allow a remote xterm connection. I have tried a number of different
configurations, but haven't found one that does everything correctly, yet.