cant run x-windows on fresh 6.1 install

[Kevin Kinsey]

Peter Michaux wrote:
> Ok, it is time for me to sound really stupid.
>

Not stupid, just, um, new?  Everyone was Once
Upon A Time ...

>> Actually, it seems logical there *should* be one.
>> What does dmesg(8) say in regard to this?  Can
>> you run moused(8)?  What hardware is this, anyway?
> 
> $ moused(8)
> Badly placed ()'s

Yup.  The (8) refers to the manual section,
see the manpage for man(1) for that.  (Oh,
and you'd do it like this:

$ man man

> $ moused
> moused: no port name specified

Yeah.  Running moused needs to have
some arguments.  What's the output
of ls /dev/sysmouse ?

> $ dmesg(8)
> Badly placed ()'s

ditto above.

> $ dmseg
> dmseg: Command not found.

Look carefully.  That's dmesg, not
dmseg ...

dmesg should give you a boot message, which
should show us something about your mouse.

KDK
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