Hello joerg,
hopefully I'm not out of line by replying to your 
request, as I am very new to NetBSD myself. However, 
this sounds similar to the problem that I had setting up 
X on my i386 system as well. I have installed Linux 
countless times, and I noticed on NetBSD (at least mine) 
you cannot just blow through xf86config like you can on 
Linux. I tried for a couple of days to get X to start, 
and also kept getting a "mouse" error, until I noticed 
that when xf86config asks for the location of the mouse 
it was incorrect, mine defaulted to /dev/mouse so I 
tried /dev/wsmouse (or wsmouse0 etc) and that worked. 
You might want to read up on the "man wscons,wsmouse" as 
it has quite a bit of info on how BSD handles keboard 
and pointing devices. Anyhow, I hope this helps. If not, 
I know that any of the more experienced users on this 
list will know. see how it goes :)

Erik
cryptoretro@att.net
> hi,
> 
> i am new to the netbsd-help list and quite new to netbsd.
> 
> i am running several operating systems like solaris, freebsd, hpux and
> sometimes linux, but not very often, i installed netbsd 1 time on a sparc
> ss5 and it worked very well and was running very fast, solaris is a little 
> slow. now i try netbsd on the i386 platform.
> 
> i did several installations, but i did not work well.
> 
> my question is about the xfree section.
> 
> i tried running xfree 3.3.6, with a geforce2 mx card and a logitech
> wheel mouse.
> 
> i tried it with XF86Setup, mouse is not working, keyboard is not working. 
> the same was happening with the xf86configure.
> i tried the same with freebsd and xfree3xx and xfree4xx.
> different mistakes, but the same ending, xfree is not working.
> 
> all i can say is that i am a looser ;)
> 
> i read a little at the netbsd site and at the xfree site.
> and i read something like the newer mice (ps/2) are not supported yet.
> so maybe my mouse is not working.
> 
> my questions are:
> 
> are the xfree 4.xx and the geforce 2 mx working together ?
> are the xfree 4.xx and the wheelmouse working together ?
> 
> PS: former i tried this mouse and the riva tnt 2 vanta on linux with
> xfree4.1 and i got it running on freebsd with xfree3.3.6.
> 
> -- 
> gruesse 
> 
> joerg "joerch" buechner
> 
> http://www.home.mayn.de/helix