From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 26 05:07:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA04389 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 05:07:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-4.mail.demon.net (relay-4.mail.demon.net [158.152.1.108]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA04384 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 05:07:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-4.mail.demon.net id ah17225; 26 Jun 96 12:05 GMT Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa00754; 26 Jun 96 12:19 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA00767; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 10:47:30 GMT Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 10:47:30 GMT Message-Id: <199606261047.KAA00767@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: patrick@para.paradigm2000.com CC: questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <9606260909.AA07920@para.paradigm2000.com> (patrick@para.paradigm2000.com) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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 This is because XF86Config assumes that /dev/mouse is a link to the correct mouse device, but the install program for 2.1.0 didn't set up this link (this has now been fixed). > I go to /dev and follow the readme procedure to > dmesg|grep sio and get > sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff ........ Good, this shows the serial port is being detected. > 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? It'll make a dial-in serial device, if I understand /dev/MAKEDEV correctly, which is probably not quite what you want... Assuming you have a serial mouse on COM1, you should set up the required link like this:- # cd /dev # ln -s cuaa0 mouse -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk