Re: /dev/mouse problem

[ulla.russell@pp.inet.fi]

At 05:25 27.5.2000 +0200, you wrote:
>Try:
>rm -rf /dev/mouse
>ln -d /dev/mouse /dev/psaux


I'm no expert but I was just a little curious about the commands
that you recommended.

1. The r switch is needed with the rm command when you wish to remove 
a directory and all it's contents. Jay only needs to remove one file.
Indeed if he was to make a little mistake here and type
 
rm -rf / dev/mouse 
        ^..note the space

he would delete the contents of his / directory. Though that of course 
would be his mistake and not yours.

2. I not sure whether a hard link is more appropriate than a symlink
but I wonder what the use of the d switch is. This is, from what I read,
necessary if you (actually just root/super-user) wishes to create a hard 
link to a directory.

I hope you don't take any offence from this email. As I say, I far from
an expert, and just wrote out of curiousity.


>That should do the trick, it's safe to remove the symlink..
>
>Ron Rademaker
>
>On Fri, 26 May 2000, Jay Kelly wrote:
>
>> When I try to install a extrenal modem(28.8 bitsurfer) and use
wvdialconf, I
>> get an error" Port Scan<*1>: Ignoring ttyS0 because /dev/mouse is a link to
>> it."
>> Now Im using a ps/2 mouse and it looks like my potato box is reserving com1
>> for the mouse. How can I remove that link and will it be safe to remove it?
>> 
>> 
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