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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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