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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!zippy.dct.ac.uk!str-ccsun!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD Newbiee (Xwindows) Message-ID: <49ckvo$kkh@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> From: nbc@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk (Neil Brendan Clark) Date: 27 Nov 1995 15:20:24 -0000 References: <30B5B7A9.50EE@tdsnet.com> Organization: University of Strathclyde NNTP-Posting-Host: vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk Lines: 20 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