serial mouse not working

Forum: Laptops
Topic: serial mouse not working
started by: sarge

Posted by sarge on May 11 2005,17:40

This is probably a really stupid question with a really simple answer, but here goes...

I have done a hdd install of dsl 1.1 (syslinux version) and I have a 2-button logitech serial mouse plugged into the back of my laptop...I've tried all the possible configurations in mouseconfig to try and get this working, but all I can use is the touchpad.

Is there any way I can get this thing working (hopefully along with the touchpad)? I'd settle for mouse-only if that's all I can do.

Thanks for your time!

Posted by cbagger01 on May 12 2005,00:00

Try editing your /home/dsl/.xserverrc file and change the

"/dev/psaux"

into

/dev/ttyS0
or
/dev/ttyS1
or
/dev/ttyS2
or
/dev/ttyS3

and restart xwindows and see if your serial mouse is working.

Otherwise, press CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE and go back into text mode and type:

nano /home/dsl/.xserverrc

and try editing it again with a new setting.

Posted by sarge on May 13 2005,07:43

Thanks for the tip!

I tried your suggestion, but what happened with /dev/ttyS0 was both the touchpad and the mouse were dead.
I found out that your tip was just part of the solution...what I needed to have the mouse working is:
/dev/ttyS0 -2button

Thanks again for your help...it led me down the right path! :cool:

...now all i gotta do is figure out how to easily switch between activating the touchpad and activating the mouse when I need to. :;):