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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Newbiee (Xwindows)
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From: nbc@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk (Neil Brendan Clark)
Date: 27 Nov 1995 15:20:24 -0000
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Shafeeq Hameed  <shameed@tdsnet.com> wrote:
>I have installed FreeBDS for the Umpteenth time.
>and I have no problems with it, but when I try and run STARTX
>I get a
>Fatal Server Error:
>Cannot open mouse

You need to edit your XF86Config and modify the Pointer section. Mine looks
like this;

	Section "Pointer"
  	  Protocol    "Microsoft"
	  Device      "/dev/ttyd0"

As you can see, the pointer device is not /dev/mouse, but is in fact
/dev/ttyd0.

Hope this helps,

Neil