On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 11:38 +0800, Wong Kwok-hon wrote: > Hello all, > > I found that the Fedora Core 4 is only can use USB mouse and failed to > reconfigure to use serial mouse such as using COM1-4. I found from the > other board and tested it is work as follows:- > > Quote started > ==================== > Here is what I do to fix for FC4 (both x86-32 and x86-64) for serial mice: > > 1. Log into console or text mode as root. > 2. Run mouseconfig - set up for serial mouse, ignore any error messages. > 3. Use your favourite editor to open /etc/sysconfig/mouse > 4. The last line should contain /dev/mice - change this to /dev/ttyS? > where the question mark refers to the port your mouse is plugged > into. > 5. Save /etc/sysconfig/mouse > 6. Run service gpm start and when you go back to X (Gnome / KDE) the > mouse should work. > ================= > Quote ended > > #Note the gpm cannot restart after mouseconfig done and just work > after reboot as I tried. > > And I wonder why the author didn't fix the problem permanently so need > to fix it manually. > A very good reason that I can think of is that he chose to not waste effort doing something that is almost never needed. I personally have not even seen a serial mouse for at least 5 years. USB and ps2 are the commonly used types today and since a serial mouse is an endangered species, why spend extra effort. Your instructions above are helpful to those who may need them. > Hope that can help other people. > > Wong Kwok Hon >
