On Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Smelly T. Mod wrote:

> Heh, I'd tried the default entry for the serial devices and had no such
> luck.  I also typoed, that's why there was no `unknown' for a terminal
> entry.  The `unknown' should have been in place of `none'.  I'm doing my
> best to RTFM, but there's not much help for serial mice (Why the hell do
> you need to run getty on it anyway?  That's what I don't get.. *shrug*).
> I'll try that line and see if it works.  And yes, I *am* running ttyflags
> -a.  :)
> 
	You shouldn't be running getty on a serial mouse port - the main
	thing to ensure in /etc/ttys is that getty is _off_ :)
	(I dont think you need the local flags or anything else - I could
	be wrong though).

	More hgelp might be available if you could relate what NetBSD port
	are you using, the type of mouse, and the application (x11 assumed
	:)
	
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