Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 22:36:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Eliuk <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Moused Problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971001220348.215C-100000@kevin.sunshine.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971001141639.1167A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, Annelise Anderson wrote: > I can't get moused to work, even though I do > > moused -c -s -p /dev/cuaa0 -t microsoft > and > vidcontrol -m on > because the first command above results in the error message: > > moused open(/dev/consolectl): No such file or directory > > There's also no sysmouse in dev, and I can't seem to create them > with sh ./MAKEDEV consolectl or sh ./MAKEDEV sysmouse. > > This is 2.2-STABLE built from recent sources, but it's been going > on for a long time.... > Odd, >From /dev/MAKEDEV: [..snip..] # Device "make" file. Valid arguments: [..snip..] # sysmouse Mousesystems mouse emulator for syscons [..snip..] # $Id: MAKEDEV,v 1.127.2.10 1997/04/15 18:07:06 jkh Exp $ sysmouse) rm -f sysmouse consolectl mknod sysmouse c 12 128 mknod consolectl c 12 255 chown root.wheel sysmouse consolectl ;; [..snip..] cagey@root # ./MAKEDEV sysmouse cagey@root # ll sysmouse consolectl crw------- 1 root wheel 12, 255 Oct 1 22:31 consolectl crw------- 1 root wheel 12, 128 Oct 1 22:31 sysmouse > Thanks-- > > Annelise -- =| Regards, =| FreeBSD ==> http://www.FreeBSD.org =| Kevin G. Eliuk =| "Free at last, free at last, ...." British Columbia *BSD User Directory ==> http://www.cynic.net
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