Re: No Mouse, No X Windows(SOLVED)
Thank you for your input, LeeE and everybody else who responded. I actually
fixed this problem this past Sunday! After calming down (I was totally
frustrated) and rereading the responses, concerning this matter, on Sunday,
I was able to figure it out! As the my linux box was booting, I saw it
connect the ttyS0 serial port (light bulb). DUH!!!(WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF
THIS 12 HOURS AGO!) So I set my mouse to that device and all was right with
the world for a little while.
Wxb1
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Elliott <LeeE@spatial.freeserve.co.uk>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Monday, August 16, 1999 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: No Mouse, No X Windows
>Hello Ed,
>
>On 16-Aug-99, you wrote:
>
>EC> Wendell Buckner wrote:
>EC>>
>EC>> Well the graphically interface is nice(I've been dealing with just
>EC>> console up to now), but it's not solving my problem (thanks
>EC>> anyway). I go through the configuration process, save it and it
>EC>> tells me that my server is now running. It then exits me to the
>EC>> console prompt. I run startx and it it gives me the same
>EC>> error(/dev/mouse, no such file or directory). I look in the /dev
>EC>> for a mouse file or directory and it is not there!! I will check to
>EC>> make sure that the serial port is working by booting it with a dos
>EC>> floppy and mouse.com.
>EC>
>EC>
>EC> /dev/mouse is usually a symbolic link to your mouse device which
>EC> is usually /dev/ttyS0 (for a standard serial mouse). I seem to
>EC> remember someone saying that symlink is not a good idea to have
>EC> (or was it /dev/modem?). Anyway, check /etc/X11/XF86Config and
>EC> look for a 'pointer' section. The pointer section will have a
>EC> 'device' line; make sure its your mouse device, ie. "device
>EC> /dev/ttyS0". The xf86config program will ask you for this info,
>EC> IIRC, so alternatively you could try running 'xf86config'; its not
>EC> the same as 'XF86Setup'.
>EC>
>EC>
>
>I suspect the sym link, or lack of it is the problem. I've just put
>Debian on an Amiga and had to create a link from /dev/amigamouse to
>/dev/mouse. Try 'ls /dev/*mouse*' to see if any likely ones already
>exist.
>
>Regards,
>
>LeeE
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