Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 12:14:29 +0000 () From: Werner Griessl <croot@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> To: patrick@para.paradigm2000.com (Patrick Lau) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <199606261214.MAA01315@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> In-Reply-To: <9606260909.AA07920@para.paradigm2000.com> from Patrick Lau at "Jun 26, 96 05:09:09 pm"
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> Hi,
>
> I am new to FreeBSD, I currently installed the SNAP2.2-960611 and
> want to install X. I follow the readme of X and start configuring
> the XF86Config file. I encounter the following problem:
>
> I type xdm -nodaemon to test XDM and get the message:
> Fatal error:
> Can't find /dev/mouse something like that
>
> I go to /dev and follow the readme procedure to
> dmesg|grep sio and get
> sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff ........
> also I try ./MAKEDEV tty00 and use cat < /dev/tty00 to see whether mouse
> response but get
> no such file tty00 error....
>
> BTW: MAKEDEV tty00 will make tty*0 device. Am I correct?
>
>
Hi Patrick,
Use /dev/cuaa0 for your mouse:
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "Microsoft"
Device "/dev/cuaa0"
Werner
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