*BSD News Article 89049


Return to BSD News archive

Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!worldnet.att.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-9.sprintlink.net!news.onramp.net!usenet
From: itech@onramp.net (David Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.6 + XFree86 3.2 + Sharp laptop
Date: 11 Feb 1997 18:16:40 GMT
Organization: OnRamp Technologies; ISP;  Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA
Lines: 25
Message-ID: <5dqd28$db9@newsread.onramp.net>
References: <5dob74$rq4@newsread.onramp.net>
NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp3-10.dllstx.onramp.net
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII
X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35411

I tried configuring psm0 in my kernel as irq 4 at 0x3f8 and it was found 
during boot-up. However, I now get a message
	/kernel: sio0: 64 events for device with no tp
and if I try to cat < /dev/psm0, I get 
	cat: stdin: Resource temporarily unavailable

Can anyone help me with this?

In article <5dob74$rq4@newsread.onramp.net>, itech@onramp.net says...
>
>
>Can any one help me find out how to connect my built-in touch pad?
>It is connected to COM 1 irq 4. When I boot up, sio0 is found as irq 4 OK, 
>but I can not tell what device it is configured to. I also get psm0 disabled, 
>not probed.
>
>In Windows, the control panel mouse icon says that it is a standard PS/2
>mouse. In the BIOS setup, there is an entry Glidepath (enabled/disabled). 
>Disabling it allows one to connect a keyboard, etc to a PS/2 jack.
>
>In FreeBSD, I have looked at /dev/cuaa0 and /dev/mouse, but can get no 
>response from either one.
>
>