> > I did previously go to /dev and run MAKEDEV mouse. > > Even though this must be something very basic and obvious, can someone > please shed some light on what to do?
Yes - but /dev/mouse needs to point to wherever your mouse really is - probably a serial port (try /dev/ttys0 or /dev/ttys1). An appropriate symlink is what you need. HTH, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/