Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 17:32:23 -0400 (EDT) From: John Brann <jbrann@panix.com> To: sln@public.jn.sd.cn (sdjn) Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mouse in Xwindows Message-ID: <199608072132.RAA21699@jbrann.dialup.access.net> In-Reply-To: <01BB84D5.18714EC0@ppp33.jn.sd.cn> from sdjn at "Aug 8, 96 02:55:44 am"
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sdjn wrote... > Hi, > > I met problem when I config the Xwindows on my system(2.2-960801-SNAP). > When I run startx command, the xwindow didn't work and gave this message " Fatal server error: Cannot open mouse: too many levels of symbolic links). And I checked the /dev/mouse using "ls -l" and the list is: > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5 Aug 9 2:08 mouse -> mouse > > the mouse is a symbolic link to another mouse, so what's the problem? How can I cut or change this link. By the way, I make the device "mouse" using MAKEDEV and it returned no error. > Nope, 'mouse' is a symbolic link to itself, which is a symbolic link to itself.... You need to remove this, and replace it with a link to the appropriate device. Which device depeneds on what kind of mouse you have... If you have a serial mouse on the first serial port (COM1 in DOS-speak), the device is /dev/cuaa0. For the second serial port - /dev/cuaa1. For a bus mouse - /dev/mse0 for a PS/2 mouse /dev/psm0 (requires kernel build). > > Thanks in advance! You're welcome. > > Yours, > Song Lining > John PS - please try to make sure yor lines don't wrap around - it can make your mail hard to read. -- Well, that's like hypnotizing chickens. finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key
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