Re: Mouse help

[Shawn Lamson <shawn.lamson@verizon.net>]

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 21:29:55 -0700
Doug <doug@curmudgeon.org> wrote:

> Hail:
> 
> I am new to Debian and have mostly only used GUI versions of linux in
> the past.  I have a problem, and I hope that you can help.
> 
> On my Debian machine while setting it up I misidentified the serial
> port that the mouse is using.  Short of reformatting my hard-drive and
> 
> reinstalling Debian how do I change my serial port connection?
> 
> I am setting my machine up using "WOODY" and I tried:
> 
> < /usr/sbin/base-config >
> 
> but all I can seem to do is re-select software packages and machine 
> settings like 'time'.    What I need is the hardware selection screens
> or the command line necessary to change my serial port.

You can look in the /dev directory for an entry for mouse or for ttyS* .
See if "mouse" is a link to something else... if it is you can link it
to whatever port you need 
Also - are you using X-Windows? If so there may be something else going
on besides changing the serial port connection.

HTH

Shawn


> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Doug
> 
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Shawn Lamson
shawn.lamson@verizon.net
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0