Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 11:49:48 +1000 (EST) From: David Dawes <dawes@physics.usyd.edu.au> To: faulkner@mpd.tandem.com (Boyd Faulkner) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, Piero@strider.ibenet.it, bde@zeta.org.au, hackers@freebsd.org, peter@nmti.com Subject: Re: Gritching about XFree86 and serial port naming Message-ID: <199508310149.AA14169@physics.su.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <9508302343.AA16086@olympus> from "Boyd Faulkner" at Aug 30, 95 06:43:55 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 >> >> I agree. I was already planning to put something in the 2.1 install >> that said "What sort of mouse do you have? <menu of possible types and >> port assignments follows>" and then link /dev/mouse to it (and maybe >> suggest that they rebuild a kernel, if it's a PS/2 mouse). >> >> Between serial meeces on different ports, PS/2 mice, and busmeeces, >> it's a problem for new users. Making X standardise on /dev/mouse was >> going to be my next request of those folks and we'd just make sure the >> link was in place. > >But you would still have to select a mouse protocol in the XF86Config file. >I would be thrilled to see which protocols are supported. I had to >strings the server to figure out what they called the PS/2 mouse protocol. > >They call it PS/2. Reading the XF86Config(5) man page might have been easier. Also you could use the xf86config utility to generate your XF86Config file, and it will show you the available protocols and ask you which you want. David
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