Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 22:36:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Eliuk <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Moused Problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971001220348.215C-100000@kevin.sunshine.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971001141639.1167A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, Annelise Anderson wrote:
> I can't get moused to work, even though I do
>
> moused -c -s -p /dev/cuaa0 -t microsoft
> and
> vidcontrol -m on
> because the first command above results in the error message:
>
> moused open(/dev/consolectl): No such file or directory
>
> There's also no sysmouse in dev, and I can't seem to create them
> with sh ./MAKEDEV consolectl or sh ./MAKEDEV sysmouse.
>
> This is 2.2-STABLE built from recent sources, but it's been going
> on for a long time....
>
Odd,
>From /dev/MAKEDEV:
[..snip..]
# Device "make" file. Valid arguments:
[..snip..]
# sysmouse Mousesystems mouse emulator for syscons
[..snip..]
# $Id: MAKEDEV,v 1.127.2.10 1997/04/15 18:07:06 jkh Exp $
sysmouse)
rm -f sysmouse consolectl
mknod sysmouse c 12 128
mknod consolectl c 12 255
chown root.wheel sysmouse consolectl
;;
[..snip..]
cagey@root # ./MAKEDEV sysmouse
cagey@root # ll sysmouse consolectl
crw------- 1 root wheel 12, 255 Oct 1 22:31 consolectl
crw------- 1 root wheel 12, 128 Oct 1 22:31 sysmouse
> Thanks--
>
> Annelise
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