Re: /dev/mouse under Linux on Thinkpad 760CD

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From: John H. Kim (jokim_at_beluga.MIT.EDU)
Date: Fri May 24 1996 - 16:57:39 EDT

On Fri, 24 May 1996, Hiralal Agrawal wrote:

> Which device file should the link "/dev/mouse" point to on a Thinkpad 760CD?
>
> I had Slackware 3.0 Linux configure my mouse as a PS/2 mouse. This caused
> /dev/mouse to become a symbolic link to /dev/psaux. But when I start X it
> complains that it can not open the mouse device.

The usual cause is gpm running (console-mode mouse). X and gpm can't
share a PS/2 mouse, so one interferes with the other. Login as root and
kill gpm. 

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