In article <7873@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> liebgold@mott.seas.ucla.edu (Dan M. Liebgold) writes:
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>Greetings fellow linux do-it-yourselfers...
>
>I have a few questions that probably been answered, but not in the FAQ.
>First, is the only way to get the kernel for shoelace to grab the
>source and compile it yourself?
No, just dd it out to /vmunix or whatever you want to use.
>Next, I have a trident card and a bus mouse, so there is currently no
>windowing system readily available for me, or so it seems. Is there anywhere
>to get the patched X386 (for trident) BINARY? How about a bus mouse driver
No, and from the discussion on the X11 channel, it's not entirely stable
yet.
>for MGR?
You probably already have one - .97 has a bus mouse driver in the kernel.
Try
mknod /dev/mouse c 10 0
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