VanLUG Email Archive
Alex Harford (alexh@dowco.com)
Sat, 15 May 1999 10:01:37 -0700 (PDT)
On Sat, 15 May 1999, Harondel J. Sibble wrote:
> On 14 May 99, at 1:13, Kevin Chu wrote:
>
> > Advance question: What do I do to convert? Is it as simple as
> > relinking /dev/mouse from /dev/logibm to /dev/<whatever>? Is there a bps
> > setting or anything?
>
> hmm, now that's a great question I've always wondered about and since I just
> recently changed my webserver to a new case (out of necessity, not by choice)
> I lost use of my PS/2 mouse which the system was orginally setup with. So how
> do I now tell the system that I have a serial mouse attached so that it deals
> with it properly under X and console apps?
Probably all you need to do is a ln -sf /dev/ttyS0 /dev/mouse
Check in your XF86Config under the Section "Pointer". Mine says the
device is /dev/mouse, and I suspect most people's settings are the same.
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