On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:23:58 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > The serial mouse on my desktop does not work when I boot, > but if I go into text mode and run system-config-mouse, > give the correct settings (Microsoft compatible mouse on com1) > and return to graphical mode > the mouse works perfectly, until I reboot. > > Actually the only time I reboot the desktop > is when I change the kernel, > so the issue is more theoretical than practical. > > But how can I make this change permanent? > I can't see anything wrong with the Pointer settings > in my xorg.conf . > > But what exactly does system-config-mouse change? > [And why does it _not_ make the change permanently for X?] Did you disable service gpm? If so, enable it again even if you don't use it: chkconfig gpm --level 2345 on service gpm start This seems to be the only way to activate serial mice in X since FC2. I haven't done any research in this matter, but it could be related to the new input layer in the 2.6 kernel series. Somehow gpm adds it bit to get it working. -- Fedora Core release 2.92 (FC3 Test 3) - Linux 2.6.8-1.541 loadavg: 0.15 0.22 0.20
