[WBEL-users] Adding Gui on command-line install
Robert Heller
heller at deepsoft.com
Thu Oct 26 22:11:23 CDT 2006
At Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:28:37 -0700 david <david at daku.org> wrote:
> > > When I ran the Xorg -configure, it claimed it could not detect the
> > > mouse, and suggested that I edit
> > > /root/xorg.conf.new
> > > I saw that the device pointer therein was
> > > /dev/mouse
> > > but my dev listing shows
> > > /dev/mouse0
> > >
> > > So, I did the edit, saved it, reran the configure, and it complained
> > > again. When I reexamined the edited file, my changes were erased !!
> > >
> >
> >Is it a serial, PS/2, or USB mouse?
> >
> >You might have to fuss with udev to get the /dev/mouse symlink to stay
> >around.
> >
> >I have a serial mouse on COM2, so I have this line in
> >/etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules:
> >
> >KERNEL="ttyS1", SYMLINK="modem"
> >
> >You might need to add something else for your mouse.
> >
> >Also: *Always* Cc to the list! -- select 'Reply To All' when you reply.
> >I'm not the only one with answers -- there are others who might have
> >answers too.
>
>
> It is a PS2 mouse that was not visible during original WBEL
> install. I can only find the file /etc/udev/rulses.d/50-udev.rules,
> but have no idea what to do with it. The only line that has MOU on it says:
>
> KERNEL="mouse*", NAME="input/%k"
>
> Is a reinstall of WBEL4 the cleanest "no brainer" way to do this?
No. The "reinstall when in doubt" is a *windows* thing. Also, you
don't touch /etc/udev/rulses.d/50-udev.rules, but you might need to
create/add a line to /etc/udev/rulses.d/10-local.rules. You probably
don't need to though, since I think a PS/2 should be handled properly.
You might try setting up the console mouse services. Strange as that
sounds, it is what has worked for me.
Run '/usr/bin/system-config-mouse' and follow the steps.
>
> David
>
>
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