I'm helping a friend with a Debian install / box cannibalization project. Problem right now is the mouse. It's worked intermittently, but isn't responding right now. I'm suspecting the PS/2 -> Serial converter itself is bad.
I've tried reading raw serial devices (cat /dev/ttyS[0123]), but no data
are coming through at the moment. Tried the usual suspects:
- Plug mouse into laptop PS/2 connection -- success.
- Plug mouse + converter into laptop serial port while live -- no joy.
But I've never used the onboard serial and don't know if it's
configured properly or not.
- Plug mouse + converter into second desktop system serial port and
booted fresh -- no joy. Again, not sure if the box is configured
properly. It was booted with the Debian 2.2r3 boot media, disk 1.
I would like to think there's something in the serial port configuration
that I'm missing, but the evidence tends to point to the PS/2=>Serial
converter. Anyone know if those things are known to go bad -- should
just be some straight-through wiring, no?
TIA.
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