From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 17 04:52:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA20646 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 17 Aug 1996 04:52:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ime.net (ime.net [204.97.248.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA20641 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 1996 04:52:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kimiko.tcguy.net (buxton-15.ime.net [206.231.148.144]) by ime.net (8.7.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id HAA08277; Sat, 17 Aug 1996 07:52:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3215B2A7.5975@ime.net> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 07:53:11 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler Reply-To: tcg@ime.net Organization: The Computer Guy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b6 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: syntax CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xfree86 configuration on a Compaq Presario CDS 524 References: <320EC32D.41C67EA6@eramp.net> <3214FC34.2781E494@eramp.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk syntax wrote: > > Hiya, > > I'm helping a young man in Australia try and get his X windows working > and was hoping you all could see if you could help. Here is the letter > I sent him. All he gets is a blank screen on running startx. > > > > I'll go screen by screen: > > > > 1. The first screen is just garbage so hit return. > > > > 2. I'm not sure which mouse Compaq supplies. Look on the underside > > and see if it says Logitech. Logitech mice also always have 3 buttons. > > At this point it doesn't matter since we can fix this later and the > > most trouble it will cause is your mouse not working in X windows. > > > > 3. For chordmiddle answer y no matter what mouse you have. > > > > 4. For Emulate3Buttons if you only have a 2 button mouse then enter y > > if a three button mouse enter n. > > > > 5. For the device your mouse uses, I'm assuming that like most Compaq's > > your mouse is com1 and your modem is com2 so it should be /dev/ttyd0 I have yet to see anyone say they got their Serial mouse to work on a ttyd? device! I know I couldn't, I've always had to use /dev/cuaa? and I do this by way of a link. /etc/mouse -> /dev/cuaa0 -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848