ibm stinkpadForum: Laptops Topic: ibm stinkpad started by: piranha Posted by piranha on Sep. 29 2004,15:49
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.... Posted by ke4nt1 on Sep. 29 2004,20:12
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. 73 ke4nt Posted by piranha on Sep. 29 2004,20:20
is it 'create a link' ln -sf or 'list dir' ls -sf
Posted by ke4nt1 on Sep. 29 2004,20:47
hihi.. my bad.."ln -sf " - for creating a symlink.. damn small fingers ! ;-) 73 ke4nt |