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From: Werner Griessl <croot@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de>
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To: patrick@para.paradigm2000.com (Patrick Lau)
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 12:14:29 +0000 ()
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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