On Sunday 30 March 2008, Paul Wise wrote: > Thirdly my mouse is a serial mouse and there didn't seem to be any > obvious way to use it. The computer has a PS2 mouse port, but I don't > have a PS2 mouse for this computer. It is on /dev/ttyS1 rather than S0 > due to the positions of cables, usb sockets and stuff.
For the installation a serial mouse can probably be made working. Please try the following: - boot the installer with installgui BOOT_DEBUG=3 - in the debug shell, edit /etc/directfbrc and add the following line: mouse-source=<device> with <device> being the serial port your mouse is connected to - exit the debug shell (twice) to start the installer It's also possible to specify a different mouse protocol if needed. See the directfbrc manpage [1] for details. If that works, we can add it as a boot parameter for the installer. IMO the fact that it's no longer possible to configure X.Org to use a serial mouse is a bug that should be reported there (at least, if it really is not autodetected). If they'd add a debconf question for it, we could probably preseed it using the value passed as a boot parameter to the installer. Cheers, FJP [1] http://www.directfb.org/docs/directfbrc.5.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]