X cannot find mouse (new installation)

Hello. I created a new Debian system last night, downloading 'stable' from ftp.debian.org. In trying to run XFree86, I get this server error message: Fatal server error: Cannot open mouse (No such file or directory) I cannot figure this out, becase I was using the same /etc/X11/XF86Config file

block factors for QIC-Wide tapes?

Hello. Just installed a Conner CTM3200 SCSI 4GB QIC-Wide tape drive, which uses the QW-3080XLF tapes to back up 2 GB native. I had been using a dump command similar to dump 0ufB /dev/nst0 450 on TR-1 floppy tapes. Has anyone used a similar tape drive (SCSI) with these tapes? What should the

how to put ifconfig in startup script?

Hello; After messing up my XDM and essentially locking myself out of my system for a while, I have become interested in setting up my ethernet card from a startup script. Does one put the ifconfig and route statements in the usual rc.inet1 and reference it somehow from rc6.d, or what? I apprecia