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

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

/dev/psaux

A.D.

On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 01:07:31PM +0100, Barrie Bremner wrote:
> 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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