Re: /dev/mouse problem

2000-05-28 Thread David S. Bateman
[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

2000-05-27 Thread Ron Rademaker
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 > > > you don't need -r for deleting /dev/mouse

Re: /dev/mouse problem

2000-05-26 Thread ulla . russell
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 contents. Jay only nee

Re: /dev/mouse problem

2000-05-26 Thread ulla . russell
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. That is... cd /dev rm mouse ln -s psaux mouse The 's' switch creates

Re: /dev/mouse problem

2000-05-26 Thread Ethan Benson
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 ln -s not ln -d, -s makes symbolic

Re: /dev/mouse problem

2000-05-26 Thread Ron Rademaker
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<*1>: Ignoring ttyS0 because

/dev/mouse problem

2000-05-26 Thread Jay Kelly
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 will it be safe to