Ummm...

OK, this is a really dumb and basic question, but one I've not ran into
yet (I've only ever used PS/2 mice under Linux...). I'm using
2.4.26-gentoo-r9 and I have honestly no idea how to get a serial mouse to
work. I have mouse support enabled in Input Core Support. I have serial
ports enabled, etc. Where is it I'm missing serial mouse support? The
kernel is seeing my 0 and 1 serial ports (mouse connected to 0). This may
be a bad test, but, if I tail /dev/ttyS 0 and 1 there is no garbage
printed on teh screen as I may expect. Again, this may be a bad test, but
it's the first thing I thought of. gpm doesn't see it, X won't see it
either. Is there a better way of testing? I do know that the mouse works
just fine (or did the last time I used a year or so ago under Windows...).

What can I check? What could I have missed? etc.

Thanx all.

M.

(the PS/2 mouse hooked to this system works fine, I'm trying to get a
second pointing device hooked up)

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:21:37 -0400, Xanadu wrote:

> Ummm...
>
> OK, this is a really dumb and basic question, but one I've not ran into
> yet (I've only ever used PS/2 mice under Linux...). I'm using
> 2.4.26-gentoo-r9 and I have honestly no idea how to get a serial mouse to
> work. I have mouse support enabled in Input Core Support. I have serial
> ports enabled, etc. Where is it I'm missing serial mouse support? The
> kernel is seeing my 0 and 1 serial ports (mouse connected to 0). This may
> be a bad test, but, if I tail /dev/ttyS 0 and 1 there is no garbage
> printed on teh screen as I may expect. Again, this may be a bad test, but
> it's the first thing I thought of. gpm doesn't see it, X won't see it
> either. Is there a better way of testing? I do know that the mouse works
> just fine (or did the last time I used a year or so ago under Windows...).
>
> What can I check? What could I have missed? etc.
>
> Thanx all.
>
> M.
>
> (the PS/2 mouse hooked to this system works fine, I'm trying to get a
> second pointing device hooked up)


Oh, one other thing I forgot:

# setserial /dev/ttyS0
/dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4

# setserial /dev/ttyS1
/dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3


So, they are there and configured. How can I get my mouse to work?

Thanx,
M.