Subject: Re: mux mouse? (was Re: Intellimouse problems)
To: Ken Nakata <kenn@synap.ne.jp>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/06/2000 17:43:01
Does anyone volunteer to write an entry for the wscons FAQ? :)
David/absolute
On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Ken Nakata wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Jan 2000 22:29:25 +0900, Takahiro Kambe <taca@sky.yamashina.kyoto.jp> wrote:
> > In message <20000105221800U.ksn@tkf.att.ne.jp>
> > on Wed, 05 Jan 2000 22:18:00 +0900,
> > Ken Nakata <kenn@synap.ne.jp> wrote:
> > > So, I need to MAKEDEV wsmouse, without any number suffix? But my
> > > /dev/MAKEDEV doesn't seem to know how to make /dev/wsmouse. Hmm...
> > > What gives?
> > FYI: my recent MAKEDEV have those lines.
> >
> > wsmux|wsmouse|wskbd)
> > rm -f wsmouse wskbd
> > mknod wsmouse c 65 0
> > mknod wskbd c 65 1
> > chown root.wheel wsmouse wskbd
> > chmod 600 wsmouse wskbd
> > ;;
>
> Thanks! After modifying /etc/XF86Config and mknod'ing /dev/wsmouse by
> hand, I can now use the built-in pointing device and the USB mouse
> simultaneously, and hot-plug the USB mouse without worrying about X
> server dying. This is what I've been wanting! Cool!
>
> Ken
>