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Date:      Wed, 20 Mar 1996 18:03:40 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        wes@intele.net
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: devices&/dev
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960320180300.11307A-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199603200704.AAA06961@obie.softweyr.com>

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On Wed, 20 Mar 1996 wes@intele.net wrote:

>  > ...  If you have a serial mouse on sio0/COM1 and are installing X as 
>  > recommended, you make the symlink yourself:
>  > 
>  > ln -s /dev/cuaa0 /dev/mouse
>  > 
>  > Then specify the Device as "/dev/mouse" in XF86Config.
> 
> To generalize a little further, it is a *good* idea to "virtualize"
> all of your important devices like this. 

Thanks for the hint.  I'll put that in my file of sysadministrivia.  :)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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