In article <200104291626.JAA17209@hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net>,
todd marek <todd@somahq.com> wrote:
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>Hello-
>I got x up and running, with the exception of my mouse.  At first I 
>couldn't move it at all, and then I  used
># ln -sf /dev/wsmouse0 /dev/mouse
>to get the server to recognize  the mouse.  However now the mouse just 
>jumps around erratically, executing an endless list of commands with not 
>enough arguments.
>Does anyone have any ideas?
>Todd

Your mouse protocol is wrong. Remove the symlink, edit /etc/XF86Config, find
the mouse section and make it read:

Section "Pointer"
	Protocol	"wsmouse"
	Device		"/dev/wsmouse0"
EndSection

christos