Need /etc/insf for HPUX 9.05

[David A. Fortin]

Somehow, the /dev/ps* files on my HP 9000 712/60 running HPUX 9.05 got wiped out. I discovered this when the keyboard and mouse stopped working. I rebooted the system and the keyboard now works, but the mouse is still dead. I was told I need the /dev/ps* files to make this work (although why the keyboard now works without such a file is a bit of a mystery to me).

Since I was missing the files, I went to recreate them using /etc/insf (as the man page for 'insf' tells me to) and I found that I also do not have the /etc/insf command program.

Is there somewhere I can download this? I tried using one from HPUX 10.20, but, as I suspected it would, it failed. Alternatively, if I cannot get the /etc/insf command, is there some other way to recreate the /dev/ps* files?

[David A. Fortin]

I belatedly realized that the 'insf' command is only for Series 800 machines, not series 700, which I have.

So i guess my question is now simpler. How do I create the appropriate /dev file for the ps2 mouse attached to a 9000 712/60 running HPUX 9.05?

[Andreas Voss]

Hi,

recreate the devives with:
mknod /dev/ps2_0 c 159 0x20b000
mknod /dev/ps2_1 c 159 0x20b010

Hope that helps

Regards

Andrew

[David A. Fortin]

I've recreated the files, as you suggested. Yet, still no mouse. I even created ps2 dev files at several other addresses (20c000, 20c010) with no luck. Is there some way to probe the hardware to see if the mouse port actually works?

During boot, the system sees the PS2 and reports:
"PS2 interface at select code 0x20; function number 11 with 2 ports"
so it seems to know both the keyboard and mouse exist at boot.

Also, I do not understand how the keyboard was working without the dev file yet the mouse still won't even after creating the file. Do I need to initialize something else? Are other files/drivers required?

I know it is a mouse rrror because /usr/vue/config/Xerrors reports:
"Fatal server error: Couldn't open X pointer device! Is one attached?"

Any more help or pointers you can suplly would be much appreciated.