Re: Toshiba laptop install: can't get X or mouse to work
On Jul 5, Mark Phillips wrote
> I am trying to install Debian on a Toshiba 410CS laptop. I am having
> problems creating a XF86Config file which will work. It complains that
> there is no mode "800x600" or something like that. But in the setup I
> specified this as one of the modes. Any ideas?
How are you creating the XF86Config file? With "xf86config" or by hand?
> The second problem is that the mouse doesn't work. The documentation
> seems to suggest that it is a PS/2 mouse. Can anyone confirm this? But I
> don't know whether this is a serial or bus mouse. And I don't know what
> dev file to use. I tried /dev/ttyS0 but this doesn't seem to work. Any
> ideas?
/dev/psaux or /dev/psmouse should work. AFAIK it's neither serial nor bus.
HTH,
Ray
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