On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 11:38 +0800, Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
Hello all,
I found that the Fedora Core 4 is only can use USB mouse and failed to
reconfigure to use serial mouse such as using COM1-4. I found from the
other board and tested it is work as follows:-
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Here is what I do to fix for FC4 (both x86-32 and x86-64) for serial mice:
1. Log into console or text mode as root.
2. Run mouseconfig - set up for serial mouse, ignore any error messages.
3. Use your favourite editor to open /etc/sysconfig/mouse
4. The last line should contain /dev/mice - change this to /dev/ttyS?
where the question mark refers to the port your mouse is plugged
into.
5. Save /etc/sysconfig/mouse
6. Run service gpm start and when you go back to X (Gnome / KDE) the
mouse should work.
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#Note the gpm cannot restart after mouseconfig done and just work
after reboot as I tried.
And I wonder why the author didn't fix the problem permanently so need
to fix it manually.
A very good reason that I can think of is that he chose to not waste
effort doing something that is almost never needed.
I personally have not even seen a serial mouse for at least 5 years.
USB and ps2 are the commonly used types today and since a serial mouse
is an endangered species, why spend extra effort.
Your instructions above are helpful to those who may need them.
Hope that can help other people.
Wong Kwok Hon