Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 20:54:41 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, piero@strider.ibenet.it, hackers@freebsd.org, peter@nmti.com Subject: Re: Gritching about XFree86 and serial port naming Message-ID: <199508301854.UAA01581@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199508300814.SAA26623@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Aug 30, 95 06:14:16 pm
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> >> >Oh yeh, the docs should have something in big bold letters about linking > >> >/dev/mouse to /dev/cuaa0 under whatever name it ends up as... > >> That would be bogus. X works with the vanilla POSIX port ttyd0 and > >> always has. > >I'd not say it's "bogus". Maybe it's redundant, or strictly > >speaking "unnececessary", but as I suggested on -install I think > > I meant cuaa0 would be bogus. Who runs getty on their mouse port? > > Bruce You obviously never tried to catch a mouse ;-) But serious: I last week I converted a potential Linux user to FreeBSD. The install was simple but for the *&^*( mouse port he called me to ask what he should use. Wilko _ __________________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem - The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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