On Sunday 10 April 2005 02:25 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > JR wrote: > > On Saturday 09 April 2005 12:21 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>JR wrote: > >>>I put mandrake10.1-Official on my friends desktop. His mouse doesnt > >>> work. It doesn't show up in harddrake (the gui tool). In fact, there is > >>> no mouse section at all, and it's not under peripherals. > >>> > >>>His mouse is a PS/2 mouse, but it is connected to a COM port via an > >>>adaptor. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? The reason he cites for > >>>wanting windows are all areas mandrake can really soar, so I'm dying to > >>>give him his dream machine! > >> > >>Did the adapter come with the mouse? Does the mouse work with the > >>adapter on other computers? Other OSs? > > > > <snip> > > Hi Mikkel, > > Thanks for your reply. Yes, the mouse works fine on windows so it must > > work with serial also. I have no idea how to get mandrake to detect it > > though.... > > > > Kind regards, > > Jarlath > > Try logging in as root, and running "drakconf". Select mouse, and then > serial mouse. It will help if you know the mouse type, and the port it > is connected to. Just remember: > > Windows Linux > COM 1 = /dev/ttyS0 > COM 2 = /dev/ttyS1 > COM 3 = /dev/ttyS2 > COM 4 = /dev/ttyS3 > > Mikkel
Mikkel, thanks a million. That did the trick. Selecting from the serial mice worked. I would not have been able to fix that without your help. Thank you again, Jarlath.
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