mouse&xfree86

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: mouse&xfree86
started by: dougvega

Posted by dougvega on April 04 2005,04:43

I have installed Xfree86 and my serial mouse only works after an xsetup.sh I have tried every type of mouse under the serial mouse in the xfree.86 conf (I wnow the xfree works since I used a diferent serial mouse that I borrowed)
help please .I have dsl installed this way in 20 computers for a clasroom.

Posted by mikshaw on April 04 2005,04:51

After running xsetup, what mouse is listed in .xserverrc?
Maybe you can use that same mouse for xfree86.

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on April 04 2005,05:19

you have to hand edit XF86Config-4 to set up serial mice.

change the mouse's device location from "/dev/input/mice" to "/dev/ttyS0" (for serial port 0)
change the protocal to "microsoft"

If you still can't get it to work, google for "xf86config-4 serial mouse" and look at the results it gives.

But serial mice suck.... I hate them.

-J.P.