Re: [Sheflug] /dev/mouse wierdness...

[Alastair Donlon <nospam [at] netsoc.ucd.ie>]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 09:45:47PM +0100, Barrie Bremner wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Something wierd has happened. My Xserver refuses to start, giving the follow 
> error under X 3.3.6
> 
> Cannot open mouse (not such device)
> 
> and something like
> 
>  /dev/mouse no such file
> 
> under X 4.01a.
> 
>  ls /dev/mouse finds /dev/mouse - it does exist. I've tried looking at the 
> /etc/X11/XF86Config files, reinstalling the "dev" rpm and physically swapping 
> mice out.
> 

/dev/mouse is usually a symlink to the real mouse device (e.g /dev/ttyS0 or
/dev/psaux). What does `ls -l /dev/mouse ` tell you? Is it pointing at
the right device? 

Does gpm work?

A.D.


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