Re: XF86 wants a mouse file
I am really most sincerely sorry if I am trying people's
patience here, but when I say I've done the research, I
have, in fact, done the research. I have seen the posts
about dev/mouse, dev/input/mice, etc., etc., etc. Further-
more I *have* put that line *in* that place *in* that file, and
the result is the same: startx says, "cannot open mouse (no
such file or directory)". And it's right: that file doesn't
exist. My question is: if anXious, attempting to configure X,
gets as far as not finding a video card it can drive and stops,
has it failed to *create* a mouse file? I can presumably use
the framebuffer to drive the card, but I have to have a mouse.
Again, I am most distressed to have so tried Chris's patience and
that of anybody else, but if the answer to this problem is in the
archives, my failure to find it has *not* been through any lack of
trying.
Sincerely,
Mike
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Chris Tillman <tillman@azstarnet.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 22:16:29 -0700
>On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 07:59:16PM -0400, mmissett wrote:
>> Paul,
>> Thanks for your response. I will check that, but, unfortunately,
>> I believe I looked for that file at one time, too, and it's not
>> there either. Do these files get created by the installation
>> process and might that have failed to happen? If so, how do
>> I get back to that process and rectify it? Any help would be
>> most appreciated.
>> Mike
>
>No, not use it as in run it, use it as in
>
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: "Paul F. Pearson" <ppearson@hiwaay.net>
>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 17:53:36 -0500 (CDT)
>>
>> >Someone told me to use /dev/input/mice - it's working for me.
>> >
>> >On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, mmissett wrote:
>> >
>> >> Still trying to get X running on my G4.
>> >> It still says it has no mouse file, and
>> >> it's right. What's in /etc/X11/XF86Config
>> >> is:
>> >> Protocol "BusMouse"
>> >> Device "/dev/mouse"
> ^^^^^^^^^^ here
>
>If you would have taken the time to search the archives of this list, you
>would have found a dozen answers like this in the past several months.
>Please really do the research you say you're doing, or people will tire of
>trying to help you.
>
>> >>
>> >> I changed BusMouse to IMPS/2, which, from
>> >> reading the lists I *think* is right (Apple
>> >> USB optical mouse), and X didn't object, but
>> >> it still says no mouse file, and it's right,
>> >> there IS no /dev/mouse. Michael Schmitz
>> >> suggested I read up on "new input device
>> >> code", but I've been able to find nothing like
>> >> that. Isn't there some file I can simply direct
>> >> XF86Config to that will work? This is a new
>> >> install of stable, it seems like it shouldn't be
>> >> quite this tricky. Can anybody give me an idea
>> >> here? Thanks,
>> >> Mike
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >
>> >
>>
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