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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Logitech BusMouse w/ XFree86 2.1
Date: 24 Mar 94 20:02:09 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <2mrlgg$ph7@ursula.ee.pdx.edu> eric@ee.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren) writes:

>  Trying to get X up under NetBSD 1.0-alpha-Mar 12-with-wd.c-1.73-so-there
>with my true Logitech Bus mouse (model 9MD), but xinit (running as root)
>gives me :

>- XFree86 Version 2.1 / X Window System
>- (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
>- Operating System: NetBSD 
>- 	. . .
>- (**) Mouse: type: BusMouse, device: /dev/lms0
>- 	. . .
>- Fatal server error:
>- Cannot open mouse (Device not configured)

>  While I have the device node here as :

>- /dev/lms0:
>- crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   36,   1 Jan  4 05:49 /dev/lms0
                                    ^^^

This is your problem.  The device number secretly changed from 1 to 0
for lms0 one day in the new kernel sources, without so much as a peep
of announcement.  Just rm the /dev/lms0 and do a new "MAKEDEV lms0"
and you should be back in business.

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 Michael L. VanLoon                 Iowa State University Computation Center
    michaelv@iastate.edu                    Project Vincent Systems Staff
  Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free Un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
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