Re: No Mouse, No X Windows

["Wendell Buckner" <wxb1@erols.com>]

Well the graphically interface is nice(I've been dealing with just console
up to now), but it's not solving my  problem (thanks anyway).  I go through
the configuration process, save it and it tells me that my server is now
running.  It then exits me to the console prompt.  I run startx and it it
gives me the same error(/dev/mouse, no such file or directory).  I look in
the /dev for a mouse file or directory and it is not there!!  I will check
to make sure that the serial port is working by booting it with a dos floppy
and mouse.com.

-Wxb1

-----Original Message-----
From: John Carline <jtc@stic.net>
To: Wendell Buckner <wxb1@erols.com>
Cc: Debian Users Group <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Sunday, August 15, 1999 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: No Mouse, No X Windows


>Wendell Buckner wrote:
>
>>  I'm almost there... Almost running x windows... But
>> x-windows drops out from initializing giving me an error
>> indicating that there is no mouse. And sure enough the file
>> it was looking for, /dev/mouse, is not there!  I've been
>> looking for some way to create or install a mouse. I must be
>> looking in the wrong places (HOWTO's aren't helping).  I
>> just want to install a standard microsoft mouse.  I know
>> this is easy, but I can't seem to find information on this,
>> maybe makedev can do this? ARGH!!! Help...Please?!!  -WXB1
>
>Have you tried to setup Xwindows with the command
>"XF86Setup"?  The standard microsoft serial mouse should be
>the first thing you select and apply. Then the keyboard, card,
>monitor etc.
>
>John
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