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

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Where should /dev/mouse point for a PS2 mouse on the normal PS2 mouse port?

Baz.

>===== Original Message From "Sheflug" <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz> =====
>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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