Subject: Re: mux mouse? (was Re: Intellimouse problems)
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Ken Nakata <kenn@synap.ne.jp>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/07/2000 00:51:52
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