Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.3, XFree86 and PS/2 mouse
To: None <Andrew.Greer@tssc.co.nz>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/25/1998 19:59:21
Andrew.Greer@tssc.co.nz writes:
>      I've installed XFree86 on my PC running NetBSD 1.3 but the
>      PS/2 mouse doesn't work properly. It is configured in the kernel,
>      but the pointer is hard up against the left edge of the screen and
>      will only move up and down erratically.
> 
>      The mouse was configured as /dev/pms0 as part of xf86config.

This is a classic problem.

You are telling your xf86config that it is a ps2 mouse. However, the
NetBSD ps2 mouse driver emulates a busmouse to the userland code that
reads the device.

Perry