On 2/3/06, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > I know but the there is a bug in mouseonfig on detecting the serial port mouse and never fix as I found since FC3. And other reason that my serial port mouse never die since 1991 :)) so I keep using it... Wong Kwok Hon
