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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!saluki-news.wham.siu.edu!slip106.termserv.siu.edu From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Resolved: XFree86-3.2 & Microsoft Mouse Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 21:12:25 CST Organization: Southern Illinois University Lines: 27 Sender: NNTP@slip106.termserv.siu.edu Message-ID: <239858b6.u8t20e.927cd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> Reply-To: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: slip106.termserv.siu.edu Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p In-Reply-To: <slrn5a8lfv.r1k.mcornick@zorak.gsfc.nasa.gov> (from mcornick@zorak.gsfc.nasa.gov (Mark Cornick)) (at 3 Dec 1996 16:33:13 GMT) Hi Mark, on Dec 3 you wrote: > >> I have installed V3.2 of XFree86 on a Gateway-2000 using a "true" Microsoft > >> mouse, and FreeBSD 2.2-SNAP. > Just for clarification, not all Microsoft-manufactured mice are > considered "Microsoft" mice by FreeBSD, XF86, Linux etc. If it has a > round mini-DIN connector on the end, it's a "PS/2" mouse, not a > "Microsoft" mouse. I believe Gateway has shipped PS/2 mice with their > machines for the past few years - at least, the one I bought in '94, > and the ones I've seen since, have the PS/2 style mice and ports. Thanks to you and others, I have successfully defined the 'Microsoft mouse' as PS/2, /dev/psm0, and now have XFree86 up and running WITH full mouse control (after a simple kernel recompile). The XF86Setup module was not mentioned in the XFree86 install documentation. I went back to the FTP site and finally found and installed it. After putzing around with the mouse definitions in that for about an hour, trying to "find" the right combination, I got word through e-mail to try PS/2 and /dev/psm0. Since /dev/psm0 is commented out and disabled in the kernel, but is what is needed for Gateway-2000's (Pentium class, at least), this should be included in the FAQ somewhere. Thanks again.