/dev/mouse is probably a link to /dev/psaux. What you're looking for is the Driver line for your mouse device in /etc/X11/XF86Config. Make sure it's set correctly. Otherwise it'll jump all over the place. You'll probably need to set up the buttons as well. There's more information on it at http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/mouse6.html#27 that should help get it configured. Dunno on the lp issue. As for the IDE CD-RW, it likely showed up as a /dev/hd<something>. Type 'dmesg' and look through the output for where it's detected. In order to use it to write CDs, you'll want the enable SCSI emulation support in the kernel (enable general SCSI driver, disable IDE CD-ROM support, enable SCSI CD-ROM support, etc... I think the man pages for cdrecord have some suggestions on what needs to be set up). -- Michael Vieths Foeclan at Visi.com On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Shawn Fertch wrote: > I'm putting Slack back on my desktop, and I have a MS Intellimouse > optical. When I set the mouse to /dev/mouse, the pointer in x goes crazy. > Same if I set it to /dev/psaux. Some additional info: I'm running a SB > GeForce2 (GB0010) video card, and I set it up to use the Nvidia GeForce > driver. Am I using the correct video driver, and what device do I point > the mouse to? Oh, the mouse works fine with /dev/mouse with gpm started > at bootup. The mouse is connected to a ps/2 connection. Under RH, the > mouse was /dev/psaux. > With the video card, I've read some of the postings on the nvidia open > source drivers, but not all. I also looked at the driver webpage, but > IIRC, weren't people running into issues with the drivers? > > The lp issues I'm having are with an HP box running 11.x. If I use the > following command: > > lp -obin3 -olandscape -oa -ofCourier -ofp14 -d<printer name> > > I run into some issues. It's going to a 4050 printer with a third tray > added to it, it doesn't pull from the third tray. Also, the -obin3 > options has permissions issues. As a user, it doesn't work. But as root, > the -obin3 option works, but won't pull from the tray 3. I beieve I'm > using the correct print options, however I wouldn't put much to it. > Anyone have some insight into this? > > I also have a Yamaha IDE CD-RW. Under RH, it came up as cdrom1. Under > Slack, I'm assuming I need to create the device? I didn't see any other > cdrom listed in the /dev directory. Will I also need to enable the scsi > emulation? Perhaps, I need to go see if there is a HOW-TO for more info. > > > Thanks. > > Shawn > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >