> 
> My second problem concerns running X.  Possibly because of the way I've
> installed the sets, rcm complains that it can't find the VIDC device.  I
> tried chmod 777ing all VIDC and mouse devices. If I startx anyway (from
> root), it complains something like (as I remember):
> 
> /dev/mouse: No such file or directory
> Unable to open mouse device
> Winging it: using keyboard keypad mouse
> 
> The X terminal comes up, and the xterms work, but the mouse refuses to budge.
> I've tried every possible combination of Ctrl, Alt and Shift with all the
> keys to the right of Return, with no success.
> 
> I noticed that /dev/mouse is a symbolic link, so I've tried almost every
> possible combination of:
> 
> /dev/MAKEDEV qms0
> /dev/MAKEDEV mouse-qms0
> 
> The X server still refuses to recognise the mouse.  I've also tried using
> pms0 as well (does the Risc PC have a quadrature or PS2 mouse from BSD's
> point of view?).
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Theo
> 

Thomas Hoenl posted this a while ago:-


> Hello
> 
> I forgot: There is another small bug in the configure routine
> for the Xarm Server: The mouse device /dev/mouse becomes a link
> to /dev/qms not /dev/qms0 (mybe /dev/pms for PS/2 too)
> 
> Bye
>    Thomas
>    

This means you need to (as 'root'):-

    cd /dev
    rm mouse
    ln -s qms0 mouse
    
hope this helps.

-- 
Deri James