Re: Devices?
> But a couple of lines after
>this messages comes:
> ...
> Starting mouse interface server: gpm -m /dev/ttySO -t bare
> ...
>I have a PS/2 mouse how come it needs a serial driver? Are PS/2
>devices and serial devices the same (My mouse works fine). And if
>/dev/ttyS0 is a modem why is the mouse using this device? Can someone
>make any sense of these?
> If you have a PS/2 mouse, this line is wrong and will be causing problems.
> The correct device is /dev/psaux. You have gpm looking at your first
> serial port for a mouse, which it won't find.
You may have to recompile your kernel so that it supports the /dev/psaux device.
The option to have the kernel support non-serial mice is under the "Character Devices"
section when you type "make menuconfig" under the "/usr/src/linux" directory
(you'll need to install the kernel-header and kernel-source deb packages first).
-- Harmon
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