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Old 01-07-2004
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Originally posted by malcom
Hi,

yes you know that your XF86Config is working on slackware but not on gentoo :-). /dev/mouse is usually a link to the real device, you should create it, or change your X config.

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malcom
I created it by using this (had the same thought you did):

ln -sf /dev/mouse/psaux /dev/mouse (that might not be the exact command, I'm very tired at th e moment)

then did this to double check that it was there

ln -l /dev/mouse

and it was