On Mon, 24 May 1999, Vox wrote:
>
> Kwira all :)
>
> I have a couple of questions (as usual...one of this days I'll
have
> answers :)...first one:
>
> When you install RH6 it makes a link (I don't know if it's a
soft or hard
> link...how do I find out?) on /dev/cdrom to whatever it thinks is
your
> cdrom. The thing is...I have 2 CDs...a CD-writer and a CD--ROM, and
the
> link got fixed to my CD-Writer....and I want it to point to my
cd-rom...how
> do I change the link?
>
A very simple way to tell if a link is symbolic or not is ls -la
link... if it is a
symbolic link you will see lrwxr-xr-x (cut middle) link -> file. Where a
symbolic link
points to a file, a hard link points to the same inode as the original
file. Therefore,
if you ls -la hardlink you will see the same entry as a normal file i.e.
-rwxr-xr-x (cut middle) hardlink .
> Second question:
>
> Whenever I start Linux (I'm dualbooting till my modem gets here
:) and I
> start X, the mouse doesn't move....if I log in as root and do gpm -t
ms -R
> and then kill gpm (it doesn't work if I don't kill it), then log in
to
> another console (without logging root off) as normal user and startx
the
> mouse works...but if I log off the root one, the mouse dies again, no
> matter if I am already in X or not....what the (*&^(^ is
> happening? And...how do I fix it? I don't like to have root loged
in....I
> really don't want to get distracted and mess something up :)
>
This doesn't make any sense. The fact that the mouse only works when
root is logged
in doesn't seem logical. Have you tried to su to root, kill gpm, exit,
then startx?
Have you tried booting up without gpm support then running startx?
Perhaps these tests
might help you find the actual problem.
doug
