On Fri, Jan 01, 1999 at 01:18:30PM -0500, Kris Prieb wrote: > Here is my problem. I have just finished installing Debian/GNU Linux > 2.1 on my Pentium II machine and have begun to install and configure > X. When I try to execute 'startx' I get the error output listed > below. It appears that 'startx' requires the device file > '/dev/mouse' I think this file was supposed to have been created > during my Debian installation but somehow it wasn't. Anyone know > where I slipped up during the installation and whether or not I can > correct the problem without reinstalling? Any help would be greatly > appreciated.
You need to create a symbolic link form your "real" mouse device to /dev/mouse. For example, if it is a serial mouse on the first serial port, type (as root): ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/mouse If it is a PS/2 mouse, use /dev/psaux instead of /dev/ttyS0. By the way, you have your date set a year off! Bob --- Bob Nielsen, W6SWE (RN2) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ DM42nh QRP-L #1985 http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
