Are you running gpm (the console mouse driver)? If not, then you should
make /dev/mouse a symbolic link to /dev/psaux. If you are using gpm,
then you need to set the repeat_type value to "raw" in /etc/gpm.conf.
Matt
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 10:13:25AM -0500, Jay Strauss wrote:
> From: "Jay Strauss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] I just installed deb - Problems with X
> Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 10:13:25 -0500
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>
> I have a /dev/mouse:
>
> deb:/# ls -la /dev/mouse
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Oct 7 04:39 /dev/mouse ->
> /dev/gpmdata
> deb:/#
>
> but it points to a file as opposed to a pipe. When I did the install, it
> asked about my mouse (its a ps/2 mouse, round connector) but it didn't seem
> to configure correctly.
>
> Jay
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Foo Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 5:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] I just installed deb - Problems with X
>
>
> > Well, is there a file /dev/mouse? If there isn't there should be. For my
> > deb sys, it looks like this:
> >
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 7 Jun 22 16:34 /dev/mouse -> gpmdata|
> >
> > which seems to be a named pipe (?). Use the ln command as root:
> >
> > ln -s /dev/gpmdata /dev/mouse
> >
> > Strange why your install didn't set that up for you, unless you don't have
> > gpm installed, in which case, you'll link the mouse to the serial port on
> > /dev/ttyS[0-3], I think.
> >
> > Or there's something else that's wrong.
> >
> > FL
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Jay Strauss wrote:
> >
> > > Howdy everyone,
> > >
> > > I just installed deb for the first time. I did a network install.
> > > Everything
> > > seemed to go well, but I can't start X.
> > >
> > > Attached are 2 files, startx.out (which I did like "startx 2&>
> startx.out")
> > > and dmesg ("dmesg > dmesg.out).
> > >
> > > There is a message at the bottom of startx.out about the mouse, but the
> > > mouse works on another machine.
> > >
> > > Help anyone?
> > > Jay
>
>
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