Subject: Re: the vt driver doesn't like me.
To: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/03/1998 03:47:11
On Mon, 3 Aug 1998 02:25:15 -0700 (PDT)
Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com> wrote:
> - I have pms0. I unplugged the mouse to loan out for a few hours and
> when I booted netbsd, it panic'd apparently while probing pms0 ??
Configure your BIOS to not assign IRQ 12 to PCI devices; the ps/2 mouse
interrupt is not sharable because the mouse generates "pulsed" interrupts.
> BTW has anyone noticed how Microsoft USB mice and keyboards just kind of
> quietly started appearing in computer stores over the last week?
...yup, and Lennart has been not-quietly making them work in NetBSD :-)
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