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

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Michael
I posted this earlier but doesn't seem to have made it
to the list. As root symlink your mouse device with this
command.
#>ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse
Then see if you have a mouse.
Rob

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On Sat, 7 Feb 2009, Michael Reichenbach wrote:


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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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