Re: /dev/psaux problems
David Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Robert Resendes wrote: |> >If I try to "cat" the file, though, I get the following error: |> > > cat /dev/psaux |> > cat: /dev/psaux: No such device | |On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Mike Taylor wrote: |> I don't think cat works here because /dev/psaux is not a regular file. | | No, IMHO this error in this instance results from the /dev/psaux |file not existing. cat'ting an existing /dev/psaux file gives you a |screenful of unreadable gibberish, but it gives you SOMETHING if the file |exists. You usually get this error when the device driver for this device isn't compiled into the kernel (or no loadable module for it was found?). If the file didn't exist at all then you would have recieved a "No such file or directory" error (otherwise, how would cat(1) know that it is supposed to be a device? :-) Try looking at your kernel's configuration and see if you have psaux there. Cheers, --Amos --Amos Shapira| "Of course Australia was marked for 133 Shlomo Ben-Yosef st. | glory, for its people had been chosen Jerusalem 93 805 | by the finest judges in England." ISRAEL [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Anonymous
Re: /dev/psaux problems
> On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Robert Resendes wrote: > >If I try to "cat" the file, though, I get the following error: > > > cat /dev/psaux > > cat: /dev/psaux: No such device On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Mike Taylor wrote: > I don't think cat works here because /dev/psaux is not a regular file. No, IMHO this error in this instance results from the /dev/psaux file not existing. cat'ting an existing /dev/psaux file gives you a screenful of unreadable gibberish, but it gives you SOMETHING if the file exists. David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 3503 WeH, x86720 MTFBWY
Re: /dev/psaux problems
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Robert Resendes wrote: > >If I try to "cat" the file, though, I get the following error: > > > cat /dev/psaux > cat: /dev/psaux: No such device > I don't think cat works here because /dev/psaux is not a regular file. >I think I'm missing a driver, but I certainly don't see anything > resembling "PS/2 mouse driver" during the "Configure Drivers" portion of the > install. I would have expected this to be built into the Standard kernel > (which is the one I selected). Does anyone know what I'm missing and how to > install it? I beleive that Bruce has posted that this was omitted by mistake. One solution (although maybe not the best or easiest) is to complie a kernel yourself. Mike
