[Sussex] Re:Problems with installing Debian 3.1

[Steve Dobson]

John

On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 08:38:54PM +0100, John Gregory wrote:
> Hi Steve
> 
> Thanks for your suggestions. 
> I tried changing the XF86Config-4 file but still no success so  I had a 
> look at the log file which has the following line
> 
>             (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice  No 
> such file or directory.
> 
> From runlevel 1 ls -a  gives the following listing for /dev/input   .  
> ..   event0   event1
> However if I mount the debian partition under Knoppix or Suse  I get 13 
> entries in the debian directory /dev/input
>  (4 events, 4js's, 4 mouses and 1 mice).
> 
> If I try remaking the device files do I need a major number and where 
> do I find it?

There is no need with a 2.6 kernel to make the devices any more.  The
kernel now has udev support and if you install the udev package then 
you will get a dynamic dev filesystem (it is a replacement for devfs).

Steve

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