> I have a HP Vectra with a bus mouse. When I run XF86Setup I cannot get the
> mouse to move. I have read in Linux documentation that /dev/mouse should be
> linked to /dev/ca[01]. I cannot find these device drivers. What should I
> be doing to make this happen?
I think you can't find /dev/ca[01] because it actually says
/dev/cau[01], and that would be wrong anyway, for two reasons, one
relevant here, and one not.
The suggestion to use /dev/cua[01] is for if you have a serial mouse,
not a bus mouse. Since you have a bus mouse, it is wrong for that
reason. It is also wrong because the /dev/cua[01] are considered a
design mistake by the kernel developers, and they have dropped official
support for them a -long- time ago. It's just that not all the
documentation that refers to them has been properly updated.
The Busmouse Howto says that Linux only supports four busmouse
interfaces -- Inport (aka Microsoft), Logitech, PS/2, and ATI-XL. If
your mouse connects to a special card in your machine, it could be
Inport, Logitech, ATI-XL, or none of the above. If it plugs into a
small round connector that looks like your keyboard connector, it's a
PS/2 mouse.
If it's PS/2, you can use /dev/psaux. You may have to compile in
kernel support, however.
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