Re: /dev/mouse disappears during reboot...

On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 11:27:46PM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Hello, > > on a sarge system I created a link > > ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse > > After reboot it is gone. > > Does anybody know, who deletes the link and why? > If you use the 2.6 kernel, it&#x

Re: /dev/mouse disappears during reboot...

Am Samstag, 15. April 2006 04:28 schrieb Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much): > Rainer Dorsch wrote: > > Hello, > > > > on a sarge system I created a link > > > > ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse > > > > After reboot it is gone. > > [...] > >

Re: /dev/mouse disappears during reboot...

Rainer Dorsch wrote: Hello, on a sarge system I created a link ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse After reboot it is gone. [...] It's probably related to udev. I'd imagine that you can either create a udev rule for /dev/mouse or use a boot script to create the link on each boot. C

/dev/mouse disappears during reboot...

Hello, on a sarge system I created a link ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse After reboot it is gone. Does anybody know, who deletes the link and why? Thanks, Rainer -- Rainer Dorsch Alzentalstr. 28 D-71083 Herrenberg 07032-919495 Icq: 32550367 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: /dev/mouse & /dev/dsp missing!

Fyi, Adam. - Forwarded message from Adam Bogacki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Adam Bogacki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: slug@slug.org.au Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /dev/mouse & /dev/dsp missing! Mail-Followup-To: slug@slug.org.au, [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-message-Flag: Do

/dev/mouse & /dev/dsp missing !

Hi, I booted up my Debian unstable distro today only to find the cursor static in center of screen and no sound. Upon checking, the hardware is OK, but I cannot find /dev/mouse as specified in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and Mplayer gives me the message "audio setup: Can't

Re: /dev/mouse disappears !! [SOLVED]

no longer be there. Tried it quite a few times. I can't > explain > > it. Can you? > > I am a little uncomfortable putting /dev/psaux instead of > /dev/mouse in > > xorg.conf > > > Trying using: "/dev/i

Re: /dev/mouse disappears !!

am a little uncomfortable putting /dev/psaux instead of /dev/mouse in > xorg.conf > Trying using: "/dev/input/mice" xorg.conf automatically add /dev/input/mice for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

/dev/mouse disappears !!

Hi, After upgrading to X.Org and kernel 2.6.12 today, when I create a soft symlink in /dev called mouse pointing to psaux, the next time I boot, it will no longer be there. Tried it quite a few times. I can't explain it. Can you? I am a little uncomfortable putting /dev/psaux instead of

ltsp: cannot open devices '/dev/psaux' '/dev/mouse'

7;(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux, No such device' and '(EE) xf86OpenSerial: cannot open device /dev/mouse, No such file or directory'. The /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 looks OK, but I'm not sure if I should be looking for a /tmp/XF86Config-4 file. My current /tmp does no

Re: Cannot run X - missing /dev/mouse

Try changing Option "Protocol" "auto" to Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 07:29:54PM -0500, Andrew Pierce wrote: > I am still not getting a mouse in X. I tried this: > > cat /dev/mouse > > moved the mouse

Re: Cannot run X - missing /dev/mouse

I am still not getting a mouse in X. I tried this: cat /dev/mouse moved the mouse around, and got garbage characters on the screen. This means the mouse driver is loaded and working doesn't it? Why won't it work in X? In /var/log/XFree86.0.log, I am still getting the message

Re: Cannot run X - missing /dev/mouse

Type in 'ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse'. That'll create a symlink called /dev/mouse that will point to /dev/psaux (Your PS/2 mouse). Ken Andrew Pierce wrote: I am having trouble running X. I just installed Woody r1 and I do not have a /dev/mouse which is what X is looking

Cannot run X - missing /dev/mouse

I am having trouble running X. I just installed Woody r1 and I do not have a /dev/mouse which is what X is looking for. I do not understand why /dev/mouse is missing and how I should go about creating it. BTW, I have a Microsoft Wheel Mouse, P2/2 interface. Thanks in advance. -- To

Re: Missing /dev/mouse

ymlink to? # ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse :) -- Andrew Sione Taumoefolau [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midspark.net/shazbot/

Re: Missing /dev/mouse

I think with a PS/2 you have to select '/dev/psaux' not '/dev/mouse' At 11:44 PM 11/24/01 -0600, MysteryMeat wrote: > > I have done installs from the net (using only the minimal set of floppies > to get started) in the past, and never had a problem of this type

Re: Missing /dev/mouse

> I've got it just plugged in a normal, plain PS/2 plug. I don't think it > needs any special device doohickey, but it's an optical mouse that has a > USB-to-PS/2 plug. Any idea where I could find the device to symlink to? The device is /dev/psaux, but in XF86Config(-4) file you must also specify p

Re: Missing /dev/mouse

> > I have done installs from the net (using only the minimal set of floppies > to get started) in the past, and never had a problem of this type. > > /dev/mouse is usually a symlink to whatever device the mouse is really > on. You can either create it yourself, or change your

Re: Missing /dev/mouse

Nick wrote: > I'm really new to Debian and so far I think it's great, excpet for one > thing I had trouble getting X to work, but I grabbed the SVGA > server and it worked, but then the mouse didn't work. After some > investigation, I found that /dev/mouse was

Missing /dev/mouse

    I'm really new to Debian and so far I think it's great, excpet for one thing I had trouble getting X to work, but I grabbed the SVGA server and it worked, but then the mouse didn't work. After some investigation, I found that /dev/mouse was completely missing! I did

Re: dev/mouse

On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 06:33:29PM -0500, Gary L. Dolan wrote: > staf wagemakers wrote: > > > > /dev/mouse is (normally) a link to the real mouse device, you can create it > > with the "ln" command. > > > > ln -s /dev/mouse /dev/ttySxx ( or /dev/psau

Re: dev/mouse

staf wagemakers wrote: > > /dev/mouse is (normally) a link to the real mouse device, you can create it > with the "ln" command. > > ln -s /dev/mouse /dev/ttySxx ( or /dev/psaux if you've a ps2 mouse ) Isn't it the other way, i.e., ln -s /dev/ttySxx /dev/mou

Re: dev/mouse

On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 08:23:58PM -0400, Eileen Orbell wrote: > How do i create a dev/mouse entry? I have no directory for mouse which is > causing my xwindows worries. If i configure XF86Setup it returns > > no dev/mouse found? /dev/mouse is (normally) a link to the real mouse

Re: dev/mouse

* Eileen Orbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do i create a dev/mouse entry? I have no directory for mouse which is > causing my xwindows worries. If i configure XF86Setup it returns > > no dev/mouse found? > > I just installed debian this week.. Normally /dev

dev/mouse

How do i create a dev/mouse entry? I have no directory for mouse which is causing my xwindows worries. If i configure XF86Setup it returns no dev/mouse found? I just installed debian this week.. Thanks Eileen Orbell Software & Internet Applications Capitol College mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

Re: What's /dev/mouse for?

led a gpm.conf from a backup file and it > contained psaux. IIRC the 486 locked up. > So it's a safer bet to make ttyS0 the default because any PC is more > likely to actually have such a device. > > But I would appreciate being told what the precise function of the > /dev/m

What's /dev/mouse for?

he default because any PC is more likely to actually have such a device. But I would appreciate being told what the precise function of the /dev/mouse link is, i.e. what actually uses it? Or is it one of those traditions, like /dev/modem, that causes more problems than it solves? Cheers, -- Em

Re: /dev/mouse problem

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I do believe that your mouse should be symbolically linked > to /dev/psaux and not /dev/ttyS0 or any sort of ttyS 'if' it > is a ps/2 mouse that you are using. > > It is quite safe to delete mouse and relink mouse to /dev/psaux. is there a reason why the Slink install d

Re: /dev/mouse problem

You're right -d was a typo, I meant -s. Ans the r option ca be left away. Ron On Fri, 26 May 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 05:25:28AM +0200, Ron Rademaker wrote: > > Try: > > rm -rf /dev/mouse > > ln -d /dev/mouse /dev/psaux > > >

Re: /dev/mouse problem

At 05:25 27.5.2000 +0200, you wrote: >Try: >rm -rf /dev/mouse >ln -d /dev/mouse /dev/psaux I'm no expert but I was just a little curious about the commands that you recommended. 1. The r switch is needed with the rm command when you wish to remove a directory and all it's

Re: /dev/mouse problem

's' switch creates the symbolic link. If you ls -l mouse you should see that it now points to psaux. If when you configured any programs you used ttyS0 and not /dev/mouse you may need to makes some changes in some configuration file or run the set up program again. At 19:28 26.5.2000 -0700

Re: /dev/mouse problem

On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 05:25:28AM +0200, Ron Rademaker wrote: > Try: > rm -rf /dev/mouse > ln -d /dev/mouse /dev/psaux you don't need -r for deleting /dev/mouse, rm -f /dev/mouse will do. don't use -rf unecessarily to avoid `accidents' ;-) and i think you mean l

Re: /dev/mouse problem

Try: rm -rf /dev/mouse ln -d /dev/mouse /dev/psaux That should do the trick, it's safe to remove the symlink.. Ron Rademaker On Fri, 26 May 2000, Jay Kelly wrote: > When I try to install a extrenal modem(28.8 bitsurfer) and use wvdialconf, I > get an error" Port Scan<

/dev/mouse problem

When I try to install a extrenal modem(28.8 bitsurfer) and use wvdialconf, I get an error" Port Scan<*1>: Ignoring ttyS0 because /dev/mouse is a link to it." Now Im using a ps/2 mouse and it looks like my potato box is reserving com1 for the mouse. How can I remove that link and wi

Re: where is /dev/mouse???

usb-mice, you have to compile the kernel with support for it and edit /etc/Xf86Config. You can also link /dev/mouse to the device, where your mouse is connected for example ' ln -s /dev/mouse /dev/ttyS0' ciao, Ralf

Re: where is /dev/mouse???

elow. 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 > c

Re: where is /dev/mouse???

;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 r

Re: where is /dev/mouse???

*- On 1 Jan, Kris Prieb wrote about "where is /dev/mouse???" > 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 l

Re: where is /dev/mouse???

what you need to do is #ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse this is assuming your mouse is a ps2 mouse -- Nathan York [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, 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 inst

Re: where is /dev/mouse???

I am a newcomer to this but have been through a successful install recently and can offer the following as advice. When you installed Debian you should have at some point been offered a list of driver options. I have a PS2 mouse and when I went through i chose a PS/2 mouse driver and my mouse g

Re: where is /dev/mouse???

On Fri, Jan 01, 1999 at 01:18:30PM -0500, Kris Prieb wrote: > Here is my problem. Another problem: your PC thinks it's 1999. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] I-Con's Science and Technology Guest of Honor in 2000 will be Geoffrey A. Landis. See for I-Con infor

where is /dev/mouse???

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 '

Re: X, middle mouse,Artec, do see output in /dev/mouse

> "Joost" == Joost Witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joost> But I've already tried all possible X mice. And everything Joost> works with the Microsoft setting, except for the middle Joost> button. Strange thing is that I've now got two such mice, Joost> bought at different times, and from

Re: X, middle mouse,Artec, do see output in /dev/mouse

On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 11:01:30AM +0100, Colin Marquardt wrote: > * joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've two mice here who's middle mouse button I cannot get to work > > under X. However, cat-ing /dev/mouse shows that i do get output: > [..

Re: X, middle mouse,Artec, do see output in /dev/mouse

* joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've two mice here who's middle mouse button I cannot get to work > under X. However, cat-ing /dev/mouse shows that i do get output: [...] > So, it seems like it should be possible for X to detect > midle mouse pre

X, middle mouse,Artec, do see output in /dev/mouse

Hi, I've two mice here who's middle mouse button I cannot get to work under X. However, cat-ing /dev/mouse shows that i do get output: left button: muso:/dev# cat mouse |od -x 000 0060 4000 0060 4000 0060 4000 Middle button: muso:/dev# cat mouse |od -x 000 0040

Re: /dev/mouse: not supported by device -Not solved

19. august 1999 18:14 > Til: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry > Cc: recipient list not shown > Emne: Re: /dev/mouse: not supported by device -Not solved > > > > Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > /dev/mouse is a symlink (via ln -s) from whatever is your

Re: /dev/mouse: not supported by device -Not solved

Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > /dev/mouse is a symlink (via ln -s) from whatever is your mouse. So if your > mouse is on com1 it should look like > > /dev/mouse -> /dev/ttyS0 > > a ps2 is psaux. The mouse is a Serial Mouse. /dev/mouse i's already: /dev/

RE: /dev/mouse: not supported by device

/dev/mouse is a symlink (via ln -s) from whatever is your mouse. So if your mouse is on com1 it should look like /dev/mouse -> /dev/ttyS0 a ps2 is psaux.

/dev/mouse: not supported by device

similar resul: gpm: /dev/mouse: not supported by device And even gpm -m /dev/ttyS0 is not better What's the problem? What should I do? Thanks to any help, Davide

Re: X manager installation changes /dev/mouse from psaux to ttyS0

Oliver Elphick wrote: > BOHICA wrote: > >I tried re-symlinking /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux > >BOHICA:/dev$ rm mouse > >BOHICA:/dev$ ln -s /dev/mouse /dev/psaux > >but for some reason this causes /dev/psaux to link to /dev/ttyS0. > > You got the command back-to-

Re: X manager installation changes /dev/mouse from psaux to ttyS0

BOHICA wrote: >I tried re-symlinking /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux >BOHICA:/dev$ rm mouse >BOHICA:/dev$ ln -s /dev/mouse /dev/psaux >but for some reason this causes /dev/psaux to link to /dev/ttyS0. You got the command back-to-front. >So now I have: /dev/mouse => /dev/tt

X manager installation changes /dev/mouse from psaux to ttyS0

For both hamm and slink installs: On installing the X11 packages (WindowMaker -- hoping to follow it with fvwm2 or Gnome), my mouse and my modem stopped working. When I looked into possible causes I discovered that somewhere in the install, /dev/mouse => /dev/psaux is changed to /dev/mo

Re: PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

On Sat, Jan 17, 1998 at 01:21:34AM +0100, Pancho Horrillo wrote: > > I have read somewhere that it's not adviseable the use of symlinks > to devices such as modems or mouse ports, due locking conflicts. If a > process uses and locks /dev/ttyS0, and you have a symlink modem->ttyS0 and > try t

Re: PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

On 16 Jan 1998, William R Ward wrote: > Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > > > The XF86 config file points to /dev/mouse, which is a link to a serial > > > port, but, my mouse is not on S0/S1. > > th

Re: PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

On 16 Jan 1998, William R Ward wrote: > Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > > > The XF86 config file points to /dev/mouse, which is a link to a serial > > > port, but, my mouse is not on S0/S1. > > th

Re: PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > > The XF86 config file points to /dev/mouse, which is a link to a serial > > port, but, my mouse is not on S0/S1. > the correct PS/2 mouse port is /dev/psaux. > > > How should

Re: PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > I have a Microsoft PS/2 mouse, with a seperate port, not one of my serial > ports. I use the following in my /etc/X11/XF8gConfig: Section "Pointer" Protocol "PS/2" Device"/dev/psaux" Emulate3Buttons EndSection --

Re: PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

I have GPM set up like so: /etc/gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= type=ps2 append="-R" And X like so: /etc/X11/XF86Config: Section "Pointer" Protocol"MouseSystems" Device "/dev/gpmdata" So that X will read the mouse data that GPM leaves in a fifo /dev/gpmdata. I a

Re: PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

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Re: PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > The XF86 config file points to /dev/mouse, which is a link to a serial > port, but, my mouse is not on S0/S1. the correct PS/2 mouse port is /dev/psaux. > How should /dev/mouse be setup for this, in windows it is a separate port > at IRQ

Re: PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

Since it is a PS/2 mouse, the Pointer section in XF86Config should probably look something like this: Section "Pointer" Protocol"PS/2" Device "/dev/psaux" EndSection // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tam

PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

I have a Microsoft PS/2 mouse, with a seperate port, not one of my serial ports. The XF86 config file points to /dev/mouse, which is a link to a serial port, but, my mouse is not on S0/S1. How should /dev/mouse be setup for this, in windows it is a separate port at IRQ 12. Thanks

Re: /dev/mouse

On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Le Tran wrote: > I have a ps/2 bus mouse and Debian-1.1. It seems that /dev/mouse > cannot be found. I tried it with gpm -t ps2 -R. Do i need to > recompile the kernel with ps2 mouse support? I would think this > should be included with the distribution. Any tho

/dev/mouse

I have a ps/2 bus mouse and Debian-1.1. It seems that /dev/mouse cannot be found. I tried it with gpm -t ps2 -R. Do i need to recompile the kernel with ps2 mouse support? I would think this should be included with the distribution. Any thought? Thanks. Le -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING