Re: Pointing Device
On Wed, 31 Dec 1969, Michael Tanney wrote:
> Whenever I try to start XWindows it stops with the error /dev/mouse does not exsist. How do I find out what the device name for the mouse is and reconfigure it for XWindows ?
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Geez, maybe somebody should write a mouse howto or something. (just kidding
isn't that what the XFree86-HOWTO is for?) /dev/mouse is usually just a
symbolic link to the real device which depends on what kind of mouse you have.
Some commons ones are:
/dev/psaux (PS/2)
/dev/ttySXX (serial mouse, you have to know which com port replace XX with 0
for com1, etc.)
So when you know which device to use either stick that in the XF86Config file
or make a symbolic link by doing ln -s /dev/ttySX or /dev/psaux /dev/mouse.
Dan
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