What's /dev/mouse for?
Quoting David S. Bateman (batemand@mindspring.com):
> ulla.russell@pp.inet.fi wrote:
>
> > I do believe that your mouse should be symbolically linked
> > to /dev/psaux and not /dev/ttyS0 or any sort of ttyS 'if' it
> > is a ps/2 mouse that you are using.
> >
> > It is quite safe to delete mouse and relink mouse to /dev/psaux.
>
> is there a reason why the Slink install defaults the mouse to /dev/ttyS0 ?
I once accidently installed a gpm.conf from a backup file and it
contained psaux. IIRC the 486 locked up.
So it's a safer bet to make ttyS0 the default because any PC is more
likely to actually have such a device.
But I would appreciate being told what the precise function of the
/dev/mouse link is, i.e. what actually uses it? Or is it one of those
traditions, like /dev/modem, that causes more problems than it solves?
Cheers,
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