PS/2 mice live on /dev/psaux. Make a link in /dev from /dev/psaux to /dev/mouse:
cd /dev ln -s psaux mouse This list is for packaging help. For questions like this please read and send to debian-user. On 11-Nov-98 Timothy Ingle wrote: > I've been a UNIX user in the distant past, but I'm on day 2 as a LINUX > maintainer. I'm doing this as a diversion only. If this is not the right > forum for such a question, please kindly let me know. > > I cannot seem to get my mouse to respond to XFree86 configuration. I'm using > a Microsoft serial mouse, thus I'm trying to use the Microsoft protocol with > the "/dev/smouse" name. > > I've loaded Linux onto a Toshiba 2130, and I found an XFree86 configuration > on the Web for this machine. This file uses the PS/2 protocol with the > "/dev/mouse" name. I discovered that I don't have "/dev/mouse." I'm assuming > that the person who built that config file using using the Accupoint mouse > that is integral to the laptop. Without the "/dev/mouse," trying this config > seems futile. > > I'm happy using either the external Microsoft mouse or the integral Accupoint > mouse. The Hardware HOWTO suggests that either mouse should be supported. > > Thanks for your help.--tim
