From owner-freebsd-install Tue Aug 29 07:02:46 1995 Return-Path: install-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id HAA01669 for install-outgoing; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 07:02:46 -0700 Received: from distortion.eng.umd.edu (distortion.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.6]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA01659 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 07:02:43 -0700 Received: from cappuccino.eng.umd.edu (cappuccino.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.14]) by distortion.eng.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.4) with ESMTP id KAA12708; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 10:02:36 -0400 Received: (chuckr@localhost) by cappuccino.eng.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.4) id KAA02281; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 10:02:35 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 10:02:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Piero Serini cc: install@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mouse driver not found ... In-Reply-To: <199508291402.QAA03086@strider.ibenet.it> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: install-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------