Re: mouse problem under svgalib
Thanks Stan!
permisions of /dev/mouse rw-rw-rw-
BUT
permisions of /dev/ttyS0 rw-rw----
(I must get the hang of links sometime)
so, a dab of chmod and it seems cured.
Thanks again,
Robert Varley
Trowbridge, Wilts
On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Stan Brown wrote:
> >
> > Hi Folks.
> >
> > I have a puzzling little problem. My mouse, a Microsoft clone, isn't
> > recognised by svgalib. Programs like maelstrom report:
> > svgalib: Failed to initialise mouse. I recently (october) upgraded to
> > Debian from Slackware, and the mouse was fine under Slackware. It's
> > also fine under X.
> >
> > So, I got the source code and re-compiled svgalib. No change, except that
> > the mousetest demo works as root (but not as me!). The kids are getting
> > frustrated, as they can't play some of their games without a mouse.
> >
>
> Sounds like a permisssions problem. What are the permits of your mouse
> device?
>
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