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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA481 ; Sun, 31 Jan 93 14:10:38 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!warwick!pipex!Q.icl.co.uk!dsbc!eccles.dsbc.icl.co.uk From: asg@eccles.dsbc.icl.co.uk (Alan Greer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Simple man's guide to Xfree86 Message-ID: <1467@dsbc.icl.co.uk> Date: 2 Feb 93 16:29:04 GMT Sender: asg@dsbc.icl.co.uk Organization: ICL Bracknell, UK Lines: 9 This posting is for a friend who has no news access but I (and I suspect many others) would be interested in some simple step-by-step info. on getting X up and running. Any offers ? The current problem is that X is up and running with a cursor visible but the mouse is not recognised. Is it just a case of linking a name like /dev/mouse to the appropriate port or what (yes I am a naive X user). Thank you for reading this.