Hi All !

This is my 1st post...

check detected mouse

~%dmesg |grep pms0
pms0...
wsmouse0..

see /etc/X11/XF86Config

mouse

Protocol "wsmouse"
Device   "/dev/wsmouse" 


On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 21:13:57 +1100
"Paul \(NCC/CS\)" <pts@bom.gov.au> wrote:

> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> (if i ask something that shouldn't be here please just
> let me know, as it's my first post to this list and I'm a bit
> unsure of things...) ( also a little long pls bear with me:) ).
> 
> 
> I now have a dual PentiumII machine which I wanted to
> try out some multi processing on. So on advice, I installed
> 
> ftp://releng.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/200401050000/
>     i386/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.MP.gz
> 
> (the kernel, along with a whole install from the snapshot:
> 200401050000, that is).
> 
> This is the first time I've tried "current".
> 
> It works well, but I can't get X windows going because I can't
> get the mouse going.
> 
> It's a common or garden PS/2 mouse in the little round plug
> at the back of the ATX board.
> 
> The NetBSD documentation shows that you should use "pms0"
> for this.
> 
> --> But I see nothing of the sort in the DMESG when it boots.
> 
> Now I would try to compile the kernel again to make sure it has
> the pms device in it, but I don't know how to get the kernel
> sources specifically for  "NetBSD-daily/HEAD/200401050000NetBSD-daily/HEAD/200401050000"
> 
> syssrc.tgz is normally in for example:
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.1/source/sets
> 
> but in the similar directory:
> ftp://releng.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/200401050000
> 
> --> there is no source directory???
> 
> 
> So,
> 
> 1. can someone tell me how to get the syssrc for 200401050000
> this snapshot please?
> 
> 2. Or is there another way to get the mouse going?
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Paul.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> ____________________________________________
> Paul         (pts@bom.gov.au)
> Australian Bureau Of Meteorology
> ____________________________________________
> 
> 
> 


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