Re: [newbie] harddrake not detecting mouse (uses adaptor)

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

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?
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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
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