[ale] mouse problems with xfree86

Zhongbin Yu " <z.yu at premcall.com> Zhongbin Yu " <z.yu at premcall.com>
Tue Oct 12 14:49:37 EDT 1999


<RANT>
also, I don't like by default it will fail completely if there's no mouse.
With xdm/gdm automatically respawn, it will get really annoying.
</RANT>
wonder if there's any way to allow no-mouse or bad-mouse X startup?

Jerry Yu
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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Zhongbin Yu "jerry" wrote:

##   returns:  /lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/psaux.o
##
##The modconf menu shows the PS/2 module installed, too.
##
##The XF86Config file has the protocol set to "PS/2", and the device set
##to "/dev/mouse".  /dev/mouse is a link to ttyS0.
#
#of course, /dev/psaux is the real mouse not ttyS0, which is the serial
#mouse at COM1. do the following and you shall be happy.
#
#root#	cd /dev && ln -sf psaux mouse
#
#If you still have problem, check if the your ps/2 mouse is really there
#supported by the kernel. 
#root#	dmesg|grep psaux
#
#Jerry Yu
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