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Re: Mouse Problem (was Re: ./MAKEDEV kbd failing)



On Mit, Nov 28, 2001 at 04:12:15 -0200, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
> # settrans /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse --device=com0 --protocol=microsoft  
> 
> to set my mouse. I've already created /dev/com0 and stuff, but there's
> no /dev/mouse and the translator complains about this, I thought it
> could be a link to /dev/com0, but then I did settrans with /dev/mouse
> being a link and then all programs started to hang, when I tried to
> settrans -fga /dev/mouse hurd (or gnumach) crashed and I had to reset
> the computer... 
[...]
> 
> So my question is, what is /dev/mouse, how do I get it/create it.
> My suggestion is this should be added to the manual.

Use the -c parameter with settrans. This should create the inode.

Ciao,

Johannes



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