Re: X manager installation changes /dev/mouse from psaux to ttyS0

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

BOHICA wrote:
  >I tried re-symlinking /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux
  >BOHICA:/dev$ rm mouse
  >BOHICA:/dev$ ln -s /dev/mouse /dev/psaux
  >but for some reason this causes /dev/psaux to link to /dev/ttyS0.
  
You got the command back-to-front.

  >So now I have: /dev/mouse => /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/psaux => /dev/ttyS0
  >
  >Can anyone help me resolve this?  I am quite out of my depth here (not
  >that I was too deep to begin with).

As superuser, do:

  ln -sf /dev/psaux /dev/mouse

and maybe

  ln -sf /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem

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