Re: Mouse Trouble
Kent,
I booted from the Debian install CD and used Alt-F2 to get to a console
after I mounted /dev/hdb1. Then I rename XF86config and rebooted. That got
me back to a console. I will stay away from X until I get the mouse figured
out.
Thank you for the prompt reply.
Greg
At 10:17 PM 4/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Greg Scharrer wrote:
>>
>> I am having trouble getting my mouse to work. I have a PS/2 mouse port on
>> COM1 (IRQ4). When the system boots is gives a message "psaux PS/2 auxillary
>> pointing device detected ... driver installed". The node /dev/psaux has a
>> major 10 and minor 1, which is what the Busmouse HOWTO says it should.
>> However, /dev/mouse is linked to /dev/ttyS0 (major 4, minor 64). Do I need
>> to re-link /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux, or do I need to redefine ttyS0 to
>> match psaux? How would I do the relink? The Busmouse HOWTO also says that
>> PS/2 mice always use IRQ12 but mine does not. The mouse got detected when I
>> ran gpmconfig.
>>
>> I now have a problem getting into my system though. I tried to set up X
>> before I solved the mouse problem. Now X comes up with the login. I can
>> login, but then I can't do anything. How to I get back to the console?
>
>Does ctrl+alt+F1 work to get you to console?
>Kent
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