[plug] Mouse configuration

David Buddrige buddrige at q-net.net.au
Sun Mar 11 06:01:14 WST 2001


Hi Paul,

Thanks for your help so far.  I have set the /dev/mouse link to /dev/ttyS0 and then /dev/ttyS1

- after I have done this, I type startx to see if it

has resolved the problem.  Unfortunately, it does not

seem to fix it.  I am running kernel 2.0.34.

thanks

David.

Paul Day wrote:

> cua0/1 are actually quite old (although I think most kernels still support
> it but complain and tell you to use ttyS0/1). Serial port 1 and 2 are in
> /dev as ttyS0 and ttyS1. Try symlinking /dev/mouse to /dev/ttyS0. You
> shouldn't need to reboot either, but may need to restart X windows and gpm
> (if using mouse in console mode).






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