[arachne] Re: Arachne Ubuntu Linux - /dev/mouse not found

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Rob schrieb:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> Hey, Michael
> Your problem maybe the fact you have no /dev/mouse in
> your /dev directory. You need to symlink the device your
> mouse is using to /dev/mouse. I noticed you have several
> possibilities that your system maybe using. On my system
> /dev/mouse is linked to /dev/input/mice. Yours could be
> using that or /dev/psaux or /dev/input/mouse0 1 2 or 3.
> Even something else. If you could post your xorg.conf file,
> I may be able to figure out what device driver your system
> is using.

Ok. Here is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf: http://www.nopaste.com/p/aJLk4fs5m

> If nothing else, a tedious but possibly effective
> way to get it working would be to symlink each one in turn
> to find out which is being used, but that would be a last
> resort. Try this command.
> #>ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse
> Then see if it works, there are only so many devices for a
> PS2 mouse.
> Rob

This made the installer happy, but mouse didn't work.

I did also test
ln -s /dev/input/mice /dev/mouse

installer ok, mouse no function.

How long the symlinks are active? Until reboot or until manual deletion?

Do I need to delete the symlinks and how?

regards,
-mr
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