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Re: Solved: mouse problem (running both gpm and X)



On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Mark Phillips wrote:

> You may recall I posted, complaining that I had to kill gpm before I
> could get X to run.  I solved the problem by changing the mouse device
> over to /dev/ttyS0 (whereas before it was /dev/cua0).  Now things work
> fine!
> 
> Am I right in thinking that the cua devices are now obsolete and that
> ttyS devices are the way to go?

I can't get my logitech serial mouse to work under X on any of the three
machines where I've attempted to use X.

Should I "ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/mouse" if my serial mouse is connected to
the first serial port?

Charles



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