Re: [LI] Mouse + X Windows

["Bilal Muddassir" <noorh@xxxxxxx>]

ln -s
not ln

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From: Aditya Deshpande <aditya.deshpande@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [LI] Mouse + X Windows


> press ctrl-alt-backspace
> that should kill the xserver
>
> then write cd /dev
> check out the symlink
> which /dev/ttyS1 has is it to the mouse.
> if it does then you need to change it to point to
> mouse. The link itself specifies the location of the mouse
> file. I think it is /dev/mouse or /mnt/mouse
> Anyway to create symlink use "ln"
>
> man ln would help
>
> And lastly please, please read the HOWTO documentation
> and the archives
>
> regards
> Aditya
>
>
> |
> | 1.    What should i do, if i want to change the COM port where my mouse
> | is connected. Initially i configured it work on COM2, but i want to
> | change that to COM1. I see one file, "mouseconfig" , but it does not
> | specify where the mouse is connected.
> |
> | 2.    How can i change my preference, from Starting X windows, to a
> | normal text mode startup.
> | During the installation of RED HAT, i specified that X windows should
> | start whenever i boot my system with LINUX. But due to incorrect
> | information about the COM port where my mouse is installed, i am unable
> | to log in and feel helpless. Say like in DOS, we have the autoexec.bat
> | with some initials commands before startup, and i can escape that file.
> | Is that sort of thing exists in LINUX.
> |
> | Aruneesh.
> |
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