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Posted: Sep. 29 2004,15:49 QUOTE
i have a trackpoint pointing device but would like to use my serial mickey$oft serial mouse

how do i tell my hd - dsl to use the serial mouse

would try to use a gpm trick but dsl doesnt have it
so that wont work

no clue at this point

the mouse and port work cuz' i reinstalled win2k and xp also and  they both work dandy on both

what next?

clueless fish....
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Posted: Sep. 29 2004,20:12 QUOTE
exit X ( ctrl-alt-bksp )
sudo su to root
Type as root ..
" rm -rf /dev/mouse "
" ln -sf /dev/ttyS0 /dev/mouse "
startx

You may need to run thru xsetup.sh one time if you did not
select com1 and 2 /3 button mousey the first time thru xsetup.

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Posted: Sep. 29 2004,20:20 QUOTE
is it 'create a link' ln -sf or 'list dir' ls -sf
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Posted: Sep. 29 2004,20:47 QUOTE
hihi..   my bad..

"ln -sf " - for creating a symlink..

damn small fingers !  ;-)

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