> XF86Setup is a piece of crap from my experiences. First of all, you should > make sure the hardware is for sure com1 and nothing else is trying to > conflict. Obviously modems could interfere. If your bios definately says > ``Serial #1 - IRQ 4'' or whatever, then that is settled. Second, do an ``ls > -l m*'' in /dev to see what symbolic link `mouse' is hooked up to. Of course > it should be /dev/ttyS0 -- since your mouse is IRQ4. Then if thats set, > /etc/X11/XF86Config should have ``Microsoft'' as the mouse type under the > mouse section and ``/dev/mouse'' as the device. Also GPM should be installed > of course. > If none of that works, then it is probably some hardware confliction or you > don't have the serial enabled in the bios or something weird like that. > > -dan
GPM is more likely to cause the problem rather than to help the mouse working. I deinstalled GPM because of problems I was getting in the system. Try running xf86config, and afterwards, if it doesnt work, check the /proc/interrupts to see whether or not you get an IRQ conflict. Andrew --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv <--Little things for Linux. http://www.missouri.edu/~c680789 <--"Computer languages of the world" My work in progress. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
