Re: where is /dev/mouse???
On Fri, Jan 01, 1999 at 01:18:30PM -0500, Kris Prieb wrote:
> Here is my problem. I have just finished installing Debian/GNU Linux
> 2.1 on my Pentium II machine and have begun to install and configure
> X. When I try to execute 'startx' I get the error output listed
> below. It appears that 'startx' requires the device file
> '/dev/mouse' I think this file was supposed to have been created
> during my Debian installation but somehow it wasn't. Anyone know
> where I slipped up during the installation and whether or not I can
> correct the problem without reinstalling? Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
You need to create a symbolic link form your "real" mouse device to
/dev/mouse. For example, if it is a serial mouse on the first serial
port, type (as root):
ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/mouse
If it is a PS/2 mouse, use /dev/psaux instead of /dev/ttyS0.
By the way, you have your date set a year off!
Bob
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