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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!news.emf.net!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!csugrad.cs.vt.edu!csugrad.cs.vt.edu!not-for-mail From: ceharris@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Carl Harris) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Mouse config question... Date: 29 Oct 1995 17:40:57 -0500 Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Lines: 15 Message-ID: <470vtp$pst@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> References: <46uk6n$sao@usenet.rpi.edu> Reply-To: ceharris@vt.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: csugrad.cs.vt.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Alexander Holmansky (kholma@matisse.its.rpi.edu) wrote: : I'm trying to figure out the device name I should use for the mouse. : I looked at the XFree86 FAQ's and they suggest grepping the log file : for sio devices and then MAKDEVing the "corresponding device. : Well, I get sio0 and sio1 detected, but MAKEDEV doesn't make these : devices (it looks like it does something, but it never creates a file : under /dev). Try using /dev/ttyd0, /dev/ttyd1 for sio0 and sio1, respectively. -- Carl Harris EXECUTIVE Scapegoat (and Systems Engineer) Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech ceharris@cs.vt.edu