still trying to fix install (fwd)

troy fryman at sonic.net
Fri Jan 12 16:32:52 PST 2001


On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 03:49:47PM -0800, Mitch Petenaude wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 01:02:23PM -0800, troy wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 12:45:07AM -0800, Lorie Obal wrote:
> > > 
> > > I've been trouble shooting a dead mouse since 6.2 upgrade (unfortunately
> > > done after new board installed and I didn't test old version w/new board)
> > > 
> > > I've tried mouseconfig for coms 1,3,4 (I know the modem is on 2) and no
> > > response in xwin.
> > 
> > Try this:
> > # rm -f /dev/mouse; ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/mouse
> 
> /dev/ttyS1 is com2, which she said was the modem, so that's bad. 
> Maybe /dev/ttyS0 (com1), or /dev/psaux (ps/2 mouse port).

ARRGGH!  I saw the m (as in "I know the Modem is on 2") and assumed "m"
meant mouse.
Bad troy.  modem != mouse
Thanks for catching that.

-t



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