There is no need for /dev/mouse to exist. Are you shure you are connected to a serial port? Another common location is the PS2 mouse port -- usually located next to the microphone connector. IF on hte PS2 port it would be /dev/psaux.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Everist) writes: > Hi, > I have installed Debian twice now and it does not seem to recognise my > serial mouse. It is a generic 3 button mouse with a Mouse > Systems/Microsoft switch on the bottom and I have tried both settings. > I have run xf86config from the promt and used XF86Setup from within > Gnome and have no luck. > I have tried all the possible device options I can think of > (/dev/ttyS0-4, /dev/mouse) but nothing happens. > I have checked in the /dev/ directory and cannot find a symbolic link to > the mouse driver /dev/mouse. > Do you have any idea what coule be causing this problem? > Regards > Chris Everist -- * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 *