On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 07:43:47PM +0000, Philip Downer wrote: > > If anyone could help me with this I'd appreciate it. I've just > installed debian potato test-cycle-1 (some cds I bought at UK Linux > Expo 2000). However whenever I run X I get the following message: > > Fatal Server Error: cannot open mouse (No such file or directory) > > I decided to create the directory /dev/mouse and /dev/tty00 and I've > tried pointing xf86config at them and I now get the following error > > Fatal Server Error: cannot open mouse (is a directory) > > I have an Microsoft Optical Intellimouse Explorer (I don't like their > software, but this is a VERY nice mouse) on the PS/2 port.
Delete the /dev/mouse directory. You want to create a link from /dev/psaux to /dev/mouse. Reconfigure X. I like XF86Setup. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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