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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!saluki-news.it.siu.edu!slip106.termserv.siu.edu From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help with XFree86 + Mouse Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 00:09:16 CST Organization: Southern Illinois University Lines: 16 Sender: NNTP@slip106.termserv.siu.edu Message-ID: <24565a29.u9t27e.59854@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> Reply-To: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: slip106.termserv.siu.edu Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p In-Reply-To: <3362C416.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> (from David Henshaw <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au>) (at Sun, 27 Apr 1997 13:12:22 +1000) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39818 > ishwar rattan wrote: > > > > I am trying to install XFree86. Configure goes OK, mostly > > default values -- except the mouse device part. Chose > > /dev/tty00 > > startx complains about `fatal error: can't open /dev/tty00', > > seems ok (there is none). Chose > > /dev/mouse (is a link to /dev/cuaa0) > > startx starts and screen goes blank and machine crashes. What type of mouse do you have? I had a "PS/2" mouse, though it wasn't labelled as such, and had to define my mouse as "ps/2". If you use the X86Setup from the XFree86 FTP site, it will give you several mouse options to select from.