1. Use Microsoft mouse (or some other serial mouse choice, if appropriate to
your actual mouse).
2. The serial ports under Linux are /dev/ttyS*, not /dev/tty0* as you wrote.
If that wasn't just a typo in your message, your problem may be as simple as
that -- use /dev/ttyS0 instead of /dev/tty00 .
/dev/mouse is a symlink to the real serial (or PS/2) device that has the
mouse on it. In your case, make it with this command
ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/mouse
3. The X pop-up menu (or the one from the start icon, if you're using
fvwm95) should have a quit choice, probably one that refers to your window
manager. It will quit X completely (assuming you ran it from a command line
with startx). If you are using xdm to run X, that's different -- there's
probalby no command line to quit to in this case, and you'll have to change
runlevels to get completely out of X. It's hard to answer this question more
definitely without knowing how you're running X and what window manager
you're using.
At 06:27 AM 7/1/99 -0400, Merenda, Frank wrote [in part]:
>I have installed Xfree86 on Slackware (DragonLinux version). I can't seem to
>get my mouse working, though. I am running a IBM-Compatible, K6-200. My
>mouse is a Microsoft-compatible 2-button connected on COM-1 via 9-pin serial
>connector. I have tired about every combination I can think of in the
>XF86Config program, but can't get my mouse to function. The mouse works fine
>in Win98. I need help! :)
>(1) Should I be choosing "Microsoft Mouse" or "Bus mouse" in setup?
>(2) What "/dev/ttyXX" (where "XX" is some number) should I be using for
>COM1? I've tried "/dev/mouse", "/dev/tty00" to "/dev/tty04" with no luck.
>(3) Is there any way to exit the "X" program without a hard reboot?
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