Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 20:01:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Ken Marsh <durang@u.washington.edu> To: Charlie Root <root@rhiannon.scsn.net> Cc: questions@freeBSD.org Subject: Re: MAKEDEV making symbolic link, not mouse dev. Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.92a.960716200000.71990C-100000@homer05.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199607170239.WAA04561@rhiannon.scsn.net>
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> > I am trying to get my mouse going so I can run Xwindows. My mouse comes up > > in dmesg as: > > > > sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa > > > > I don't know where I got this, but I suspect the device file to be tty00 > > or mouse. However, if I do "/dev/MAKEDEV tty00" then /dev/tty00 is NOT > > created, and no error message is given. If I try "/dev/MAKEDEV mouse" then > > a symbolic link, /dev/mouse is created, linked to ITSELF.... > > > > Thanks to all those who responded to my fstab problem, it works fine now. > > Thanks in advance to any who will shed light on my mouse dilemma. > > The device you want is /dev/cuaa0. I have /dev/mouse as a symbolic link > to /dev/cuaa0. Hope this helps... It did. Many thanks to Charlie Root!
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