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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:39:01 +0200
From: John Angelmo <john@veidit.net>
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Subject: Re: Mouse in Xfree86 4.2.0
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Hiten Pandya wrote:
> --- Gary Stanley <gary@outloud.org> wrote:
> 
>>Sysinstall - post configure and re-do your mouse. The only workaround I 
>>have found.
> 
> 
> The other way, is to edit your XF86Config to point to 
> /dev/pcm0 (if you are using a PS2 mouse), or /dev/sioN (N being the COM port
> number), which gives XFree86 direct access to your mouse.  But remember, if
> you do this, you will need to disable the moused from Sysinstall.
> 
> 
>>>When I start XFree86 I get the error that /dev/mouse can't be found, OK 
>>>devfs seems to be installd so MAKEDEV dosn't exist anymore, is there 
>>>anyway to get /dev/mouse working as in FreeBSD 4?
>>
> 
> Technically the MAKEDEV script still exists in src/etc/MAKEDEV*, but it
> is only copied to /dev if you have disabled the DEVFS k-option, afaik.
> 
>   -- Hiten Pandya
>   -- <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
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/dev/sysmouse woked best for me since I have both a USB mouse and a 
touchpad so with /dev/sysmouse both works.

/John


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