/dev/psm0

[DJ Landreneau]

As the original poster of this thread I feel compelled to provide some more
information.

I am running FreeBSD 5.0 that I obtained through the FreeBSD Unleased book I
purchased from Barnes & Noble.

Here is a numerated list of more:

1. Sony VAIO PCG-GRX550 laptop.
2. 40gb hard drive
3. 512mb RAM.
4. The video adapter is a Mobility Raadeon 7500 with 32mb of video memory.

When I boot up FreeBSD and do ls -al on the /dev directory I do have
busmouse or psm0 in the directory. Someone in an earlier reply to my post
said this means that I do not have psm0 support in my kernel.

Therefore, I am in the process of researching building a custom kernel that
will include support for the PS/2 mouse.

I must admit that I am rather surprised that an advanced OS such as FreeBSD
does not include support for PS/2 in its generic configuration.

DJ

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Nicolas Galler
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 9:50 PM
To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: /dev/psm0


On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 06:25:59PM -0700, Charlie Schluting wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 08:52:39AM -0400, DJ Landreneau wrote:
> > > > I am running 5.0 that came with "FreeBSD Unleashed" by Sams.
> > > >
> > > > Can you point me into the correct direction for enabling kernel
support for
> > > > psm0?
> > >
> > > Read the chapter in the handbook about kernel configuration, and take
> > > it from there.
> > >
> > > Kris
> >
> > I am sure the psm device is built in the generic kernel though.
> >
> > Nick
>
>
> Then... your original question was answered.. by yourself.
>
> I don't know what you are trying to ask.
>

I guess the original question should have been, why isnt the touchpad
working
with the psm support included in the generic kernel, I would be hard pressed
to help since I have never used fbsd on a laptop - I was just pointing out
that including psm support in the kernel is probably not going to be enough
since it is already there.

I am not the original poster, by the way, though I would be interested in
the
answer as well.

Nick
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