Subject: RE: OK, I give up. Where's the mouse?
To: Vaughn Brooks <Brooks@uniprofoodservice.com>
From: None <dbsaint@bellsouth.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/15/1999 21:38:34
tty00 would be com 1 in DOS tty01 would be com 2 in DOS. Id suggest you try
another mouse? 

Maybe a ps/2 mouse. If you can go buy a ps/2 card < if you dont have a ps/2
port allready > that should work.



cheers

Tony Hernandez


On 15-Oct-99 Vaughn Brooks wrote:
> I don't have an answer for you, because I am having the same problem. The
> message you are getting is "Cannot open mouse (Device not configured)".
> Right? If you get an answer please forward it to me. I have been trying to
> figure this out for a few hours now.
> 
> vtb
> 
> Vaughn T. Brooks
> Systems Support Technician
> UniPro Foodservice, Inc.
> http://www.uniprofoodservice.com
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:        Henry B. Hotz 
>> Sent:        Friday, October 15, 1999 6:14 PM
>> To:  port-i386@netbsd.org
>> Subject:     OK, I give up.  Where's the mouse?
>> 
>> Excuse the newby question.  I've been over on port-mac68k for years and I
>> just got a used PC as the cheapest way to get another NetBSD machine with
>> decent performance.  Before I start whining let me say that the new
>> sysinst-based setup is way cool!  Much nicer than the Mac installer
>> program
>> back when I was equally green on that platform.  Once I figured out how to
>> boot from the CD-ROM I had NetBSD 1.4.1 up and running in an hour or two
>> including the time to read the instructions and format the disk.
>> 
>> Now to the point:  the PC uses a QDI SpeedEasy Explorer II motherboard.
>> The no-name 3-button mouse worked fine under Windows before I installed
>> NetBSD.  It appears to be connected to the first serial port.  The only
>> mouse-related entries I see in dmesg are com0 and com1 which are the
>> serial
>> ports.
>> 
>> When I try to start X it fails saying it can't open (find?  access?, I
>> forget) the mouse.  I would presume that means I need to put a different
>> device entry in XF86Config.  I've tried /dev/com0, wsmouse0, tty00, and
>> tty01, but they all return the same error.
>> 
>> Looking in /dev I see wsmouse[0-3], tty0[0-2], some bus-mouse entries, and
>> a ps2 mouse entry.  I do not see com0 or com1, and I can't create them
>> with
>> MAKEDEV with the obvious arguments either.
>> 
>> Do I need to worry about the protocol at this point?  I assume I would get
>> a less abrupt error message if it were a protocol mismatch.  Sorry I can't
>> remember the exact error.  I'm at work and the machine is at home.
>> 
>> As a related question, why isn't the screen-based configuration program
>> included in the distribution?  The FAQ indicates it has some mouse tryout
>> screens that might be helpful in my situation.
>> 
>> Thanks for any help.  I'm not subscribed to this list, so please reply
>> directly.
>> __________________________________________________________
>> The opinions expressed in this message are mine,
>> not those of Caltech, JPL, NASA, or the US Government.
>> Henry.B.Hotz@jpl.nasa.gov, or hbhotz@oxy.edu

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