Re: XF86 wants a mouse file
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From: sisi <sisi@squat.dhs.org>
Sisi,
Thanks for the post. Yes, I was trying to run
gpmconfig as root and, yes, I think apt-get is
the next stop. Thanks again,
Mike
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:30:36 +0200
>On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 03:57:12PM -0400, mmissett wrote:
>> Georg and Andy,
>> Alas, sorry to come back with bad news, and if you're
>> getting sick of this, I can't blame you, so am I.
>> Anyway, tried your suggestions with the following
>> results:
>>
>> >Probably you can try to create a character device by
>> >mknod /dev/input/mice c 13 63
>>
>> This produced the answer: "mknod /dev/input/mice:
>> No such file or directory"
>> Now I know I was trying to *create* a file, but that
>> is the message I got.
>>
>> >If you have /dev/input/mice, you should configure your mouse with
>> >gpmconfig so that it works on console.
>>
>> It tells me: "gpmconfig: command not found"
>> locate gpmconfig gives me nothing
>> man gpmconfig gives me: "no manual entry for gpmconfig"
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong here, or missing a point?
>
>you have to run gpmconfig as root, are you root?
>and, is it installed?
>apt-get install gpm
>
>goodluck,
>
>sisi
>
>> Again, sorry to come back with more negative news and if
>> you just want to forget about it, go ahead. I appreciate
>> all your help so far and may just reign myself to upgrading.
>> (If you do have ideas though, I would still be glad to hear
>> them.) Thanks again,
>> Mike
>>
>>
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