Re: /dev/mouse not found?
Joshua Uziel wrote on Wed, 31 Mar 1999 02:57:14 -0800 (PST)
>
> > > Also, I wasn't able to run X as a non-root users until I ran
> > > "chmod 666 /dev/fb?" as root as well, and you may have to do
> > > the same. Took me a while to figure this one out, along
> > > with the fact that strace would segfault when I'd try to run
> > > "strace startx" either as myself or root.
> >
> > MAKEDEV isn't work well...
> >
> > You must make also /dev/fb[01]autodetect and
> > /dev/fd[01]user[0-7]. And set right permission.
>
> Hmm... I see no mention of them in
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt, and even then
> my devices seem to be correct:
>
> [2:43am] sparcy:~> ls -l /dev/f*
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 0 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb0
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 32 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb1
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 64 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb2
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 96 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb3
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 128 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb4
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 160 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb5
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 192 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb6
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 224 Feb 20 15:36 /dev/fb7
> brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 Feb 20 15:21 /dev/fd0
> brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 1 Feb 20 15:21 /dev/fd1
> crw--w--w- 1 root root 1, 7 Feb 20 15:21 /dev/full
>
> This is after I ran "chmod 666 /dev/fd?" of course... and
> /dev/fb7 is listed to be minor 240 even though 224 looks right
> to me. Whatever, not like I'm gonna touch it. :) I did
> nothing else special (besides the link to /dev/mouse).
I think so. :-)
Maybe to launch X Window on sparc that needs not only
/dev/fb?, but also /dev/fb[01]autodetect and
/dev/fd[01]user[0-7], don't you?
my devices are...:
$ ls -l /dev/f*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 0 Feb 21 08:36 /dev/fb0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 32 Feb 21 08:36 /dev/fb1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 64 Feb 21 08:36 /dev/fb2
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 96 Feb 21 08:36 /dev/fb3
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 128 Feb 21 08:36 /dev/fb4
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 160 Feb 21 08:36 /dev/fb5
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 192 Feb 21 08:36 /dev/fb6
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 224 Feb 21 08:36 /dev/fb7
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 1 Mar 29 21:34 /dev/fbautodetect
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 24 Mar 29 21:34 /dev/fbuser0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 25 Mar 29 21:34 /dev/fbuser1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 26 Mar 29 21:34 /dev/fbuser2
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 27 Mar 29 21:34 /dev/fbuser3
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 28 Mar 29 21:34 /dev/fbuser4
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 29 Mar 29 21:34 /dev/fbuser5
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 30 Mar 29 21:34 /dev/fbuser6
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 29, 31 Mar 29 21:34 /dev/fbuser7
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 Feb 21 08:21 /dev/fd0
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 1 Feb 21 08:21 /dev/fd1
crw--w--w- 1 root root 1, 7 Feb 21 08:21 /dev/full
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Hiroshi Naraki <naraki@soft.nid.co.jp>
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