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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 00:29:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Haole Kawika <kchetron@husc.harvard.edu>
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Subject: Re: ps/2, not just a recomplie of the kernel
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On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, Haole Kawika wrote:

> I have a ps/2 mouse, and have read the faq on
> adding:
> device psm0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" conflicts with tty irq 12
> vector psmintr
> 
> and
> 
> options PSM_NO_RESET
> 
> I have recompiled the kernel, and
> added the device to /dev

> However, I still can't start xwindows, because it can
> not open The mouse driver...
> 
> any suggestions?

The error doesn't have something to do with 'can't find /dev/mouse',
does it?

If so, run as root:

ln -s /dev/psm0 /dev/mouse

and try it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major