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- From: rafetmad@cheshire.oxy.edu (David Giller)
- Subject: Re: Bus mouse
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.235530.12506@cheshire.oxy.edu>
- Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041
- References: <1992Aug30.220723.572@utstat.uucp>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 23:55:30 GMT
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- rafal@utstat.uucp (Rafal Kustra (summer student)) wrote:
- >
- >I asked before, among other questions but no answer.
- >Please, big PLEASE, tell me HOW DO YOU USE BUSMOUSE?
- >I mean do you have to create device file for it?
- >I applied busmouse patch but I can't try it.
- >X without mouse is no fun ;);)
-
- Sorry, first time I've seen the question...
-
- You create the bus mouse device by doing this
- as root:
-
- mknod /dev/bm c 10 0
-
- Then, in your Xconfig file, set up the mouse as "busmouse" on
- "/dev/bm".
-
- Really, the filename doesn't matter (I've got mine on /dev/mouse),
- but they must both be the same. /dev/bm seems to be the standard now.
-
- >
- >PS OK, sorry for screaming but I'm waiting to use my
- >X effectivelly. And answer must be simple ;);) is it?
-
- It should be: if your mouse works with the driver, and if I haven't
- forgotten anything, that should put you in business.
-
- -Dave
-
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