On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 06:36:31AM +0000, north west wrote:
> I have a MS serial mouse with my PC. I am having challenges getting it to 
> work. If I use Redhat or Slackware, etc., the mouse works properly. When I 
> first installed netBSD the mouse was located at "ttyS0" per the boot-setup 
> scan. "ttyS0" is also the port that was used on other distributions.
> 
> The problem is that if I configure /etc/XF86Config with "ttyS0" I get the 
> error message that "no file or device found", and the X server wont start. I 
> have tried "ttyS0, ttyS1" with the same results. Now, if i use "ttys0" or 
> "ttys1" the server will start and I get the mouse pointer. However, I don't 
> have any control of the mouse.
> 
> The /dev directory doesn't include an entry for "ttyS0", etc. I have tried 
> to use MAKEDEV to create the entry but am failing at this task. Can someone 
> provide me with a tip to help me in this situation?

I think the name of the game is wscons.  If your mouse is recognized
by wscons, you should be able to find it with

	$ dmesg |grep mouse
	wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0
	
My hopeful guess is you'll see something like 
	"wsmouse0 at com0 mux 0".  
	
HTH.

--jkl