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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!newsgate.cuhk.edu.hk!news.att.net.hk!spinnews!spin-hsd0-tky!inet-tsb!tis2!hq10!pjh22022!joseph.sgia.komukai.toshiba.co.jp!deliver-cilab.rdc.toshiba!isl.rdc.toshiba!tsb-wide!wnoc-sfc-news!wnoc-tyo-news!news.nc.u-tokyo.ac.jp!train.ad.jp!iroha.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp!nikko.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp!yokota From: yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp. (Kazutaka YOKOTA) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Dell machine and ps/2 mouse config problem Date: 11 Dec 1996 02:57:05 GMT Organization: Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan Lines: 33 Distribution: world Message-ID: <58l7u1$rc9@nikko.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> References: <32A8613D.41C67EA6@elec.keele.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp cc: r.j.freemantle@elec.keele.ac.uk | X-Newsreader: mnews [version 1.19PL2] 1996-01/26(Fri) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32445 In article <32A8613D.41C67EA6@elec.keele.ac.uk> pha15@elec.keele.ac.uk wrote pha15>> I am loading freebsd 2.1.5 onto a Dell Optiplex GS5133 pentium. pha15>>It uses a ps/2 compatable mouse so I have enabled the device psm0 in pha15>>the kernel config. However as soon as the psm0 device is probed during pha15>>bootup the keyboard hangs but the machine comes up fine and I can logon pha15>>to the machine no problem from our network. If I disable the psm0 pha15>>device the keyboard works fine. Similarly if I use a serial line mouse pha15>>everything works fine. pha15>> pha15>>Any ideas what could be going on or has sucessfuly installed FreeBSD on pha15>>a similar machine ? The PS/2 mouse driver (psm) in FreeBSD 2.1.X has many known problems. Work is underway to fix them for FreeBSD 2.2 and -current. In the meantime, you can try the following. Try adding the following line in the kernel configuration file (i.e. /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC) and rebuild the kernel. options PSM_NO_RESET This is documented in FAQ (/usr/share/doc/FAQ) and in the LINT kernel configuration file (/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT). If you are not familiar with how to recompile the kernel, please refer to the handbook (/usr/share/doc/handbook/*). It has detailed description on the procedure. If it doesn't work, contact me. Kazu