On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 10:48:57AM +0100, Stephen Minton wrote: > I'm completely new to Linux, so apologies if this is excessively thick ... > > I've been trying to get xwindows working. I've gone through xf86config, and > then when I try 'startx' it goes into what I assume is the xwindow > environment (blue screen, mouse cursor), beeps at me and appears to hang. > Control-Alt-Backspace gets me out o.k. I'm wondering if this is because I > am unsure of the path for my mouse driver, which I am prompted to supply > during the xf86config session. Is there any way I can find out where/what > this is? > > Steve >
Steve, If your mouse is one of the generic serial ones, your device will be one of the serial ports... /dev/ttyS0 (COM1) or /dev/ttyS1 (COM2) etc. If it's a ps2 port type mouse, try /dev/psaux for the device. HTH, Mike -- Michael Merten [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** NRA Life Member ***