Linux-Hams archive - June 1998: Re: symbolic links ??

Re: symbolic links ??

Tomi Manninen (gfw.iasqy@hypercom.com)
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:06:56 +0300 (EET DST)


On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Tim Connolly wrote:

> If you know which port your mouse is attached to, just edit your
> XF86Config file and replace /dev/mouse with /dev/cua0 or whatever... If
> you don't... Do it anyway until you find the right port. Good luck!

Two comments. The use of /dev/cuaX is discouraged. The support for these
devices is about to be removed from the kernel (if I'm not completely
mistaken). Use /dev/ttySX instead, you get less potential problems with
device locking too.

Secondly Gabriel asked about a PS2 mouse so the link should probably point
to /dev/psaux. Why his X server complains is not clear to me though.
Gabriel try this: cd /dev ; rm -f mouse ; ln -s psaux mouse
Maybe the link points to some strange place...

> Gabriel Cuebas wrote:
>
> > Hi Alll, When my system boots up or when I try to run X Windows I am
> > gettingan error that says: /dev/mouse too many symbolic links
> > encountered What can I do to fix this?the mouse is a ps2 mouse. help
> > please

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