touchpad mouse not working with freebsd

[Michael Hollmann]

hi

try insert into /boot/device.hints:

hint.psm.0.flags="0x1000"

that works fine for on my toshiba satellite 1100-z20


regards michael




Francesco Casadei schrieb:
> Peter Kurpis wrote:
> 
>> I installed FreeBSD 4.7 on my Toshiba Satellite 1135 laptop, and I 
>> couldn't get the mouse working.  (Windows says it's an Alps Pointing 
>> Device, on interrupt 12, plugged into the PS/2 port.)
>>
>> On further investigation, when I tried
>>
>> moused -p /dev/psm0 -i all
>>
>> the daemon aborted, saying it failed to open /dev/psm0 (which does 
>> exist and looks sane) and also
>>
>> Device not configured
>>
>> What does "Device not configured" mean?  I see psm listed in
>> the GENERIC kernel configuration file...  What gives?  What do I need 
>> to do to get it working?
>>
>> P.S.  "Device not configured" was error 6 in errno, according to
>> truss.
>>
>> P.P.S.  The same as above goes for the other two mouse devices
>> (mse0 and ums0) for what it's worth...
>>
>>
>> Please CC me on reply, as I am not a member of this group.
>> Thanks!
>>
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> 
>  From psm(4) manpage, "Driver Flags" section:
> 
> [...]
>     bit 12 IGNOREPORTERROR
>         This flag makes psm driver ignore certain error conditions when
>         probing the PS/2 mouse port.  It should never be necessary under
>         normal circumstances.
> [...]
> 
> So, try to put the following line into /boot/device.hints:
> 
> hint.psm.0.flags="0x1000"
> 
> 
>     Francesco Casadei
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