On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 16:53, Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: > Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: > > >I removed the part about the generic mouse because I got a > > >complaint that I did not have the device /dev/input/mice (I don't > > >know how to create it... I make a symbolic link, and it get's > > >deleted) > > > > I believe this device node is automagically created when a USB mouse > > is inserted. Alternatively, you might try switching to the /dev > > directory and running "./MAKEDEV mouse" or maybe even just > > "./MAKEDEV". (This is from hazy understanding, so you might want to > > do some research along these lines.) > > Hmm.. I don't own an USB mouse, so I guess that I should not have a > device named /dev/input/mice. Perhaps my problem is caused by the fact > that I don't know how to force "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" to > avoid creating a reference to a generic USB-mouse. > > Anyways.. This is not a big issue for me. I can just edit my XF86Config-4 by > hand, and change the md5sums afterwards. Thanks for the help
It shouldn't matter that the extra section is in there; X will just ignore it if it doesn't apply. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
