On Friday 20 April 2001 07:35, you wrote:
> I am having a problem getting a mouse to work on an old machine,
> which I intend to use as an X-terminal. When I did the network
> install, I could use the graphical install, but the mouse
> wouldn't work. At the time I thought that poerhaps the serial
> cable between the 9 pin port and the motherboard was on
> incorrectly - quite possible as I did not have a motherboard
> manual to check that cables were all set up properly.
>
> Having completed the installation I tried to get the mouse
> working (played around with the cables on the motherboard, BIOS
> settings etc). In the end I decided bugger it, and added in an
> old ISA I/O card that I knew had a working serial port.
>
> Dmesg indicates that the kernel is seeing the serial ports (ISA
> card has ttyS0 & 1, while the onbord are now ttyS2 & 3), but I
> am still not getting any mouse activity in X. I've checked and
> played around with XF86Config-4 - in case my understanding of
> the port numbers was wrong and ensured that there is no hardware
> fault with the serial mouse (standard 2 button serial).
>
>
> I'm starting to think that perhaps the kernel isn't loading the
> necessary module to use the mouse (standard 2 button serial
> Microsoft mouse). I do know that I did insmod generic_serial.o
> (I think that is how it was spelt) and the module loaded (it
> didn't say already loaded). I am assuming that this module is
> the kernel driver for serial ports (but I could be wrong). Is
> there a kernel module for using serial mice?
>
> Otherwise, are there any diagnostic tools I might be able to use
> to see if it is possible to communicate in any way with the
> serial port, or mouse? Any help would be appreciated.
>
> In all other respects the machine works fine, X runs without
> incident - but given it will become a dedicated X-terminal, the
> mouse problem is somewhat of an issue!!!
>
> Aaron
-- Working old harware with a serial mouse I found out (the hard
way) that you realy have to use a 'serial mouse' i.e. NOT a
'ps2-mouse' on a 'serial' <--> 'ps2' connector.
--
Semper avanti, sailing on Linux,
Harm Bathoorn Free evermore.
Hoek. NL.
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