Date: 29 Aug 95 04:49:51 EDT From: Evan Polster <71544.1006@compuserve.com> To: FreeBSD <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Mouse driver not found ... Message-ID: <950829084951_71544.1006_EHL61-1@CompuServe.COM>
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Hello.
Situation:
I am attempting to run startx from a dumb (getty?) terminal. It fails
when attempting
to locate the mouse file /dev/mouse.
What happened during install:
During the initial install (from DOS) I attempted to install some 3rd pty
products
and crashed due to a memory problem. So I tried to return to the post
install
customization process via DOS with no luck (appears I would actually have
to
reinstall to get back to the point where I was in post-install).. So I
ran the xconfig program (xf86config or
somesuch?) from FreeBSD. Seemed to run fine but I don't
think certain device drivers ever got loaded properly because of my initial
INSTALL
(packages) failure.
I attempted to run the command:
sh MAKEDEV mouse
from /dev with no luck.
My mouse is serial through COM1: so I ran:
dmesg | grep sio
and it showed me the COM1 port. I couldn't cat to the terminal from this
port though because:
cat < /dev/sio0
command told me that /dev/sio0 didn't exist (which I already knew from
ls).
Neither did /dev/tty00.
How do I install the proper Microsoft 2-button serial mouse driver?
My /etc/XF86Config file contains "Microsoft" and "/dev/mouse" for the
pointer protocol.
As you can probably tell I am very new to this as all my attempts
have been guided by reading the ../X11/doc stuff or man pages.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Evan Polster
CompuServe: 71544,1006
P.S. As you probably already know, I have modified my /etc/ttys file to redefine
ttyv3
to run <X bin area>/xdm -nodaemon xterm.
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