Subject: Re: Mouse problems
To: Brad Salai <bsalai@tmonline.com>
From: Ruibiao Qiu <ruibiao@arl.wustl.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/20/1998 09:57:01
Hello, Brad

>Problem is, it can't find the mouse. I got the X distribution, and at first
>had some problems that were fixed by changing /etc/XFree86Config to look
>for a PS/2 mouse and /dev/mouse. I got the X configuration program from
>xfree86.org, and there is a mouse configuration section, but nothing
>produces cursor movement.
>
>The dmesg has nothing in it that would suggest that a mouse is seen at boot
>time.
>
>Unfortunately, this system has never run anything else, so I'm not sure if
>there is a hardware problem, or a software problem, or just a configuration
>problem.

It seems that you are using a PS/2 mouse.  You probably need to
rebuild the kernel cuz the default kernel may not support pms0
port (according to GENERIC config).  You need to uncomment the
pms0 line to enable it in your kernel.  

Hope this will help.

Regards

Ruibiao