Re: x win :attentionn

[Michael Schmitz <schmitz@mail.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de>]

[CC to debian-68k as the thread started there; please reply to the list
and not only to me on these issues]

> > when i start x-window linux says
> > Cannot open mouse (operation  not supported by device)
> 
> And what kind of machine are you trying to start X on? Do you have
> atarimouse support compiled in (or loaded as a module)? 
> 
>         Michael
> 
> i try on quadra 610 with monitor apple 14" 

And would you please care to explain what you expect from /dev/atarimouse
on a Mac? 

(as its name suggests, it is the mouse device for Atari 68k computers ...)

> when i write ls /dev/atarimouse 
> linux write  /dev/atarimouse so it is

Present, yes. But files in /dev are only ways to access device drivers in
the kernel. The error 'operation not supported' just means 'there is no
Atari mouse driver on your Mac'. Surprised? 

Try /dev/adbmouse.

	Michael