RE: serial mouse not working
I suspect this to be a gpm issue. Have you tyied changint the protocol?
Some nameless/brandless 3-button mice need to use type msc, some need type ms.
Bryan
On 26-Apr-2000 Rafael Caetano dos Santos wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> My brandless, 3-button serial mouse won't work under Linux, neither in the
> console nor under X. It works OK under Windows. I've been a Linux user
> for about 3 years and I never had or heard of this kind of problem. I
> guess it should be a stupid mistake or something, but I can't see what is
> it.
>
> Is it possible to be a motherboard problem? Mine is a SiS (I forgot the
> model), with all those PCI, PnP, onboard adapters (sigh). But I guess
> this bears no problem with respect to serial ports. BTW, I've got a
> (real) modem running without problems under /dev/ttyS1.
>
> At bootup, the kernel says:
>
> Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
> ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
>
> So it shouldn't be a IRQ conflict.
> Also at bootup, setserial reports:
>
> Configuring serial ports...done.
> /dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> /dev/ttyS1 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
>
> It seems normal to me. And gpm runs happily, as if nothing were wrong, but
> the mouse cursor never appears.
>
> Neither does X 3.3.2.3 report any errors. The mouse cursor is displayed
> but doesn't move. When I kill X, it reports:
>
> waiting for X server to shut down
> Fatal server error:
> Unable to set status of mouse fd (Interrupted system call)
>
> Any suggestions
>
> TIA,
>
> bye
> Rafael Caetano <rcaetano@linux.ime.usp.br>
>
>
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