help solaris

Alan Coopersmith Alan.Coopersmith at Sun.COM
Sat Dec 3 08:26:56 PST 2005


Joseph wrote:
> I build X11R6.8.2.
> I can run xorgcfg,but the mouse dosen't work.
> Sun's /etc/X11/xorg.conf use /dev/mouse,/dev/kdmouse.
> Keyboard use "Keyboard" driver not "keyboard" driver.
> Xorg return error,/dev/mouse cannot open.
> It's strange,how to solve this problem?

If you're on the initial Solaris 10 release (Solaris 10 3/05)
or earlier versions of Solaris x86, /dev/mouse is for USB mice
only, and /dev/kdmouse is for PS/2 mice.   With the latest
Solaris 10 patches and the upcoming Solaris 10 1/06 and later
releases, /dev/mouse is *all* mice (including multiplexing
multiple mice plugged into the system) - of course, if you
were running Solaris 10 x86 with the latest patches you'ld
have a prebuilt Xorg 6.8.2 installed anyway.

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	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering



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