Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 10:02:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Piero Serini <piero@strider.ibenet.it> Cc: install@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mouse driver not found ... Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950829100048.1669D-100000@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199508291402.QAA03086@strider.ibenet.it>
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On Tue, 29 Aug 1995, Piero Serini wrote: > Hello. > > Quoting from Chuck Robey (Tue Aug 29 15:42:41 1995): > > > I am attempting to run startx from a dumb (getty?) terminal. It fails > > > when attempting > > > to locate the mouse file /dev/mouse. > ... > > mouse, which is serial. There isn't any /dev/mouse, although for those > > with bus mouse interfaces, there's a dev/mse. I hope you took a look at > ... > > It would be cool if the install prog. asked for the serial port > to use as the mouse device, and then symlink the appropriate > device to /dev/mouse, so that Joe User can just set /dev/mouse > as the input device and have it work. > > P.S. I'm not subscribed to -install. Piero, are you sure that doing a /dev/cuaan --> /dev/mouse link would really make things more understandable for the users? I think an improvement in documentation would be more effective. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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