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Re: [TCLUG:20381] X problems on laptop
Jim Crumley wrote:
>
> On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 08:20:31PM -0500, Perry Hoekstra wrote:
> > Fatal server error:
> > Cannot open mouse (No such file or directory)
> >
> > Anybody who runs Linux on a laptop have any idea if there is anything
> > special to get a mouse working. I tried both Microsoft compatible and
> > PS/2. Is there a special program for touchpad configuration? I had my
> > PS/2 pluged-in when I tried this.
>
> Do you know what port it is checking for the mouse? In the
> /etc/X11/X86Config file there should be a line like:
> Device "/dev/psaux"
> Make sure that the device is set to /dev/psaux for a PS2
> mouse (sometimes people use /dev/mouse which they link
> to the real mouse device - /dev/psaux, etc.)
That was it! Changing /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux brough up WindowMaker.
Now that I have Debian up on my laptop, does this make me a Debian Bitch
wannabe?
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Perry Hoekstra
E-Commerce Architect
Talent Software Service
dutchman@mn.uswest.net