Problem with NetBSD

[cegha]

ok i got a old laptop (specs in sig) i successfully installed NetBSD on it, and am trying to get X working. i went through xf86config, and then when im done and goto run "startx" it starts then like exits back, and says something was wrong with my mouse.

For a laptop which kind of mouse do i need to select, because it's one of those touchpad typed ones.

 

[Captain Newbie]

Hmm, what precisely did it say?

(Aside: you may want to consider looking here and in particular at this manifest of drivers.)

 

[khiloa]

If I am thinking correctly the little touchpad mice are hooked up internally using a PS/2 connection.

 

[Captain Newbie]

If I am thinking correctly the little touchpad mice are hooked up internally using a PS/2 connection.

Most of them are. That doesn't necessarily bar them from needing a driver, however, since nothing bars PS/2 devices from having drivers, and touchpad components are often quite proprietary. They probably don't perfectly emulate a standard PS2 or USB-HID mouse (for instance, tap-clicking isn't a defined behavior for a PS2 mouse, neither is down-up-down dragging or two-fingered scrolling) either, meaning a driver may be required for proper device behavior.

I think there's a 'touchpad-default' or some sort of other default option for touchpads.

 

[cegha]

ok this is the specific error stuff i get

System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap complier (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp"> "-eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86 compiled/xfree86.xkm'

Fatal server error:
Cannot open mouse (No such file or directory)

That is all the error stuff i get so it's either the keyboard or mouse that is screwing up and i think it's the mouse.

 

[brakezone]

I don't know the specifics of your mouse or netbsd version, but that sounds more like an X problem than a OS specific problem. Your problem appears to be with your X-config file, mouse section of course.