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From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Paul Halliday <dp@penix.org>
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 10:05:00PM -0400, Paul Halliday wrote:
> > >       as200 xf86config->
> > >
> > >       Now give the full device name that the device is connected to, for
> > >       example /dev/tty00. Just pressing enter will use the default,
> > >       /dev/mouse.
> > >
> > >       Mouse device: /dev/sysmouse
> > 
> > Uh.. you have given the mouse device, but not protocol to use.  X has to
> > know both.  Speaking M$ Intelmouse to /dev/sysmouse is not a productive
> > thing.
> 
> I was merely stating that their is no need to edit XF86Config by hand.
> Unless you fuck something up when 
> you first run it.

Well not clearly.  Your instructions should also point out which protocol
to manually pick.  Otherwise someone might choose PS/2 protocol (since
that is what their mouse is) and /dev/sysmouse.  This will not work well.
Since someone might use your email as recipe to get their X setup, it
would be best to tell the complete story.

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