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

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Glenn McCorkle schrieb:
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> 
> On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:17:23 +0100, Michael Reichenbach wrote:
> 
>> Glenn McCorkle schrieb:
>> <snip>
>>> A little digging via google and then looking at your list of devices
>>> confirms that /dev/mouse does not exist in Ubuntu
> 
>>> Instead.... you have.... /dev/psaux
> 
>>> Therfore you need to edit this section of the Arachne install script
>>> so that the chmod gets done to /dev/psaux instead of /dev/mouse
> 
>>> echo
>>> echo Updating I/O permissions for /dev/mouse ...
>>> if chmod a+rw /dev/mouse
>>> then
>>>  echo ok.
>>> else
>>>  echo Failed to perform chmod...
>>>  inst_abort
>>> fi
> 
>> Ok, I done the proposed changes.
> 
>> Now I run into the next error, in short:
> 
>> root@ubuntu:/home/user/arachne-svgalib-1.93# arachne
>> /usr/bin/arachne-ggi-launcher: 3: /usr/bin/arachne-ggi: not found
> 
>> The full log is here: http://www.nopaste.com/p/aMalNc7AH
> 
> Just now tested it to confirm what I already knew.....
> 
> That is the exact error one gets when attempting to run Arachne
> in a terminal window inside of a Linux Xserver GUI desktop.
> 
> Did you not see see item 7 at http://www.glennmcc.org/aralinux/ ?

I saw but to be honest I did not understand it at this point.

> 
> 7) not in X, nor in a terminal emulator in X, but ONLY at the CLI...
>    to start Arachne v1.93;Linux, simply type.... arachne <enter>
> 
> Soooooo..... get out of X and back to the CLI
> 

Ah, ok, it's working.

Just without mouse...

-mr
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