Bug#367026: linux-image-2.6.15-1-486: HID sermouse driver fails to detect Logitech mouse on ttyS0

[Daniel Dickinson <alemc.2@bmts.com>]

Package: linux-image-2.6.15-1-486
Version: 2.6.15-8
Severity: normal


Using the mousedev module doesn't work with sermouse, for my mouse (the 
mouse is not detected, as evidenced by udev not create a new 
/dev/input/mouse0 when modprobe sermouse is performed, and X loading, 
but with a frozen mouse pointer (because /dev/input/mice always exists 
when mousedev is in use, but there really isn't a detected mouse).

My mouse is an old Logitech (which uses the Microsoft protocol, when 
using /dev/ttyS0 for X) PS/2 mouse with a PS/2 mouse to serial computer 
adapter (which works, since specifying /dev/ttyS0 and Microsoft mode 
results in a working mouse for X).

This is probably an upstream issue, as I found one reference while 
Googling.  Unfortunately there didn't seem to be any followups, only an 
indication that it didn't work.  The URL of that message is:

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0312.2/0778.html

Cheers,

Daniel


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (300, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-486
Locale: LANG=en_CA, LC_CTYPE=en_CA (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 depends on:
ii  module-init-tools             3.2.2-2    tools for managing Linux
kernel mo ii  yaird [linux-initramfs-tool]  0.0.12-9   Yet Another
mkInitRD

-- debconf information:
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  linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/preinst/initrd-2.6.15-1-486:
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.15-1-486:
true linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.15-1-486:
true linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.15-1-486: true
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.15-1-486:
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.15-1-486:
true linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.15-1-486: true
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.15-1-486: false
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  linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.15-1-486:
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  linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.15-1-486:
true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.15-1-486:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.15-1-486: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.15-1-486:
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linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.15-1-486:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.15-1-486:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-486/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.15-1-486:
false