Today, Paul Lussier gleaned this insight:
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone ever connected a PS/2 mouse to a system using a PS/2<->DB9
> addapter and configured it as a serial mouse?
>
> One of the guys here wanted to replace his mouse this weekend on one of his
> older systems and could only buy a PS/2 mouse. So, he got that and a PS/2<->
> DB9 adapter expecting it to work, but evidently had a lot of problems.
I can't really offer any particular help here except to say that I've done
this on a few different systems, and had no major problems. I did notice
that every once in a while I'd lose a mouse click or so on one of them,
but other than that, no trouble.
Try making sure he's using the right serial port settings. You'll also
need to reconfigure the mouse in X -- change the protocol from ps/2 to
"auto" or some other protocol if auto doesn't detect the mouse properly.
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