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>John,
>
>Let me clear up a couple of things:
>
>1) If you are using LTSP v3.0, the correct path
>   for the root directory is /opt/ltsp/i386.  The
>   lts.conf file is in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf.
>   If you want to use your own custom XF86Config file,
>   it belongs in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/XF86Config.ws001
>
Okay I was using the incorrect directory because thats what it says in 
the documentation in section 8.2.2. Maybe that should get changed?

>
>2) The workstations DO NOT pull the XF86Config file that
>   the server uses.  Instead, by default, the XF86Config
>   file is generated on-the-fly, as the workstation boots.
>   It is based on entries in the lts.conf file.
>
>3) If you have a serial mouse, you should just need
>   to set the following:
>
>     X_MOUSE_DEVICE   = /dev/ttyS0
>     X_MOUSE_PROTOCOL = Microsoft
>
>   Of course, you will need to figure out the correct
>   serial port, it could by ttyS1.  And, you need
>   to set the correct protocol.
>
I tried exactly those settings but it gave me the same error about no 
such file or directory. It also doesn't explain why my keyboard won't 
work. I must be missing something somewhere.

Thanks

>
>Hope that helps,
>
>Jim McQuillan
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, John Holbrook wrote:
>
>>I have installed the LTSP on a RH 7.2 box and have managed to get my 
>>486/66 client to a GUI login (KDE). Unfortunately, I have no keyboard or 
>>mouse. I can see the mouse pointer on the screen but nothing seems to work.
>>
>>I tried various combinations of setups in the lts.conf file with 
>>X_MOUSE_PROTOCOL, X_MOUSE_DEVICE etc but when I do that I get a "fatal 
>>error could not open mouse no such file or directory" (not the exact 
>>wording)
>>
>>I had to install the X336 package also because the video card is an old 
>>trident 9000.
>>
>>What I believe is wrong is that the server uses PS/2 mouse/keyboard 
>>whereas the 486 uses AT style keyboard and serial mouse. As I understand 
>>it, the client pulls the XF86Config from my server which of course has 
>>the wrong setup. So if I create a custom XF86Config file for 3.3.6 (lets 
>>call it XF86Config.ws001) with serial mouse, etc set up and put that in 
>>the /tftboot/lts/ltsroot/etc directory and call it in the lts.conf with 
>>XF86CONFIG_FILE=XF86Config.ws001 it should work.
>>
>>Will that work??
>>
>>The other question I have is that I do not have the full directory path 
>>set up. I have /tftboot/lts but not the ltsroot/etc directories. Do I 
>>need to create them or did I miss something in the install.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>


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John Holbrook
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