1 Topic by davideg

  • davideg
  • New member
  • Offline
  • Registered: 2007-03-16
  • Posts: 2

Topic: liveCD serial mouse support

I'm using liveCD 0.3.4-2 on a computer with a serial mouse, when X start the mouse doesn't work at all: i can see the pointer but i can't move it, what can i do?

In other pc with ps2 or usb mouse it works properly.
Other distro like fedora core3 works good.

Regards

2 Reply by LarryT

  • LarryT
  • Moderator
  • Offline
  • From: France (Bretagne)
  • Registered: 2006-07-31
  • Posts: 1,230

Re: liveCD serial mouse support

Can you see something in dmesg ?
On the boot screen (black one) did you see any error message about mouse ?
Try to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and see how it is ...

Larry
GParted-project Admin
Former GParted-LiveCD maintainer (2007)

3 Reply by davideg

  • davideg
  • New member
  • Offline
  • Registered: 2007-03-16
  • Posts: 2

Re: liveCD serial mouse support

I've removed the serial mouse and installed a ps2 one.
But the problem might be this:

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6617_102-0. … dID=215110

In the changelog of FC5 you can find that they have removed the serial mice support, it works but it doesn't get automatically recognized.
I dont't know if it's the same for the livecd based on gentoo, but it might be.

Regards

4 Reply by bc8610

  • bc8610
  • New member
  • Offline
  • Registered: 2008-02-09
  • Posts: 1

Re: liveCD serial mouse support

Hello

Maybe a little bit too late for the poster, but helpful for someone looking for
a solution.

- Exit X by pushing Ctr+Alt+Backspace
- move to /dev
- remove mouse (it's a link to /dev/input/mice): rm mouse
- make a new entry for mouse: ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/mouse  (if Your mouse is connected to ttyS1)
- move to /etc/X11
- edit xorg.conf and replace /dev/input/mice with /dev/mouse
  (Unfortunately I only found vi for doing this)
- start X again: startx

Your serial mouse should work now.

Good Luck

bc8610