ydl 2.3 /dev/mouse sym link for iBook-2

Aurelio Bay yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri Oct 4 13:22:01 2002


Try to add

ln -s /dev/input/mice /dev/mouse

at the end of /etc/rc.local


Cheers

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On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Andrew Hodel wrote:

> I am also having a problem like this, if I start my laptop with no external 
> mouse, I get errors about no core pointer when I try to start x, if I restart 
> and add an external usb mouse, x starts fine and both the touchpad and the 
> external mouse work correctly, this really sux as I can't start x without an 
> external mouse, anyone know how to fix this?
> 
> Andrew Hodel
> 
> On Friday 04 October 2002 07:00, Bill McKie wrote:
> > My symbolic link from /dev/mouse under ydl 2.3 on my iBook-2
> > disappeared.  To what should /dev/mouse point under 2.3 on
> > an iBook-2?
> >
> > Thanks
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