Re: mouse

[Raymond Wood <raywood@magma.ca>]

Hi,
One suggestion:
o check to make sure /dev/mouse is symlinked to /dev/psaux e.g.
  ls -l /dev/mouse
o if no symlink exists, then do:
  rm -f /dev/mouse && ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse

HTH,
R.

On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 06:55:52PM -0600, Ruth McCreery wrote:
> I have installed debian 2.1 on a Gateway PC-Plato MB, ps2 mouse, standard keyboard. I left the configurations just as the set-up recommended them (I've been using Slackware and was unfamiliar with Debian's protocols). I got all the way through the set-up including the Xwindows set up. The only problem is that the mouse won't move on the screen in response to the mouse on the pad. The XF86Config put a mouse at /dev/mouse-still no mouse action after setup-the mouse doesn't have a pointer, just an X on the screen. Is there something I can do? Have I missed configuring the mouse port? I'm really at a loss. This machine will run Slakware, Suse, Red Hat and Caldera, but i can't get a mouse to work on it. Thanks for your help.
> katzman299@netscape.com or burmcat@worldinter.net