RE: Help needed--XFree86 configuration
PS/2 mice live on /dev/psaux. Make a link in /dev from /dev/psaux to
/dev/mouse:
cd /dev
ln -s psaux mouse
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On 11-Nov-98 Timothy Ingle wrote:
> I've been a UNIX user in the distant past, but I'm on day 2 as a LINUX
> maintainer. I'm doing this as a diversion only. If this is not the right
> forum for such a question, please kindly let me know.
>
> I cannot seem to get my mouse to respond to XFree86 configuration. I'm using
> a Microsoft serial mouse, thus I'm trying to use the Microsoft protocol with
> the "/dev/smouse" name.
>
> I've loaded Linux onto a Toshiba 2130, and I found an XFree86 configuration
> on the Web for this machine. This file uses the PS/2 protocol with the
> "/dev/mouse" name. I discovered that I don't have "/dev/mouse." I'm assuming
> that the person who built that config file using using the Accupoint mouse
> that is integral to the laptop. Without the "/dev/mouse," trying this config
> seems futile.
>
> I'm happy using either the external Microsoft mouse or the integral Accupoint
> mouse. The Hardware HOWTO suggests that either mouse should be supported.
>
> Thanks for your help.--tim
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