Re: Serial Mouse

On Monday 08 March 2004 13:18, you wrote:
> What do i need to enable in the kernel to get a mouse working off of a
> COM port? What device driver should be used in 2.4.xx kernels such a
> mouse?

I've never had to do anything special in the kernel. There should be devices
called /dev/ttyS0 for COM1 and /dev/ttyS1 for COM2. Linux installations
usually create a symbolic link from /dev/mouse to whatever the decide is
you're using. Many recent distros seem to want to assume your mouse is PS/2
or USB or something modern, and will often link /dev/mouse to the wrong
device. Then you need to check your XF86Config-4 file (or XF86Config, if the
former doesn't exist) to make sure that the pointer device is indeed
configured as /dev/mouse or /dev/ttyS0.

Vaughn

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