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How do I get a /dev/mouse that doesn go away when I reboot (when using devfs)?

April 26, 2017away dev devfs mouse Reboot

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How do I get a /dev/mouse that doesn go away when I reboot (when using devfs)?

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If you are using 1.0_rc6 or later, then you can just use ln -s to make the usual symbolic link from /dev/mouse, and it will be preserved between reboots. All other users need to edit /etc/devfsd.conf and add these lines: Code listing 2.3 REGISTER ^misc/psaux$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink misc/psaux mouse UNREGISTER ^misc/psaux$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink mouse If you are not using the devfs PS/2 mouse /dev/misc/psaux device, adjust the misc/psaux strings above accoringly. You’ll then want to killall -HUP devfsd to get devfsd to reread /etc/devfsd.conf.