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Re: Newbie question: X not working (more problems).



* [Bill Bland] 

> bit further.  It switches to graphical mode, but then drops back into text
> mode.  The error log is at the end of this email.  Clearly the problem is
> that /dev/psaux doesn't exist.  Unfortunately MAKEDEV doesn't know how to
> make it and neither do I!

Neal H Walfield's installation guide[1] explains this.  To make
/dev/mouse, run 

,----
| # settrans /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse --protocol=ps/2
`----

Then change the mouse part of XF86Config to

,----
| Section "Pointer"
|   Protocol "osmouse"
|   Device "/dev/mouse"
| EndSection
`----

[1] <URL: http://web.walfield.org/papers/hurd-installation-guide/english/hurd-install-guide.html>

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