On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 07:59:16PM -0400, mmissett wrote:
> Paul,
> Thanks for your response. I will check that, but, unfortunately,
> I believe I looked for that file at one time, too, and it's not
> there either. Do these files get created by the installation
> process and might that have failed to happen? If so, how do
> I get back to that process and rectify it? Any help would be
> most appreciated.
> Mike
No, not use it as in run it, use it as in
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Paul F. Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 17:53:36 -0500 (CDT)
>
> >Someone told me to use /dev/input/mice - it's working for me.
> >
> >On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, mmissett wrote:
> >
> >> Still trying to get X running on my G4.
> >> It still says it has no mouse file, and
> >> it's right. What's in /etc/X11/XF86Config
> >> is:
> >> Protocol "BusMouse"
> >> Device "/dev/mouse"
^^^^^^^^^^ here
If you would have taken the time to search the archives of this list, you
would have found a dozen answers like this in the past several months.
Please really do the research you say you're doing, or people will tire of
trying to help you.
> >>
> >> I changed BusMouse to IMPS/2, which, from
> >> reading the lists I *think* is right (Apple
> >> USB optical mouse), and X didn't object, but
> >> it still says no mouse file, and it's right,
> >> there IS no /dev/mouse. Michael Schmitz
> >> suggested I read up on "new input device
> >> code", but I've been able to find nothing like
> >> that. Isn't there some file I can simply direct
> >> XF86Config to that will work? This is a new
> >> install of stable, it seems like it shouldn't be
> >> quite this tricky. Can anybody give me an idea
> >> here? Thanks,
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
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