On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mukund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > /dev/ttyS0 should be linked to /dev/gpmdata for gpm to work.
> Are you sure, because as i said, gpm works fine under suse on the same
> machine with /dev/ttyS0 linked to /dev/mouse.
yeah that link is required, but i suppose installation of gpm, itself does
it, one also needs a socket called gpmctl or something. But an user is not
supposed to bother about these, it should be set up automatically.
There's a program for trapping (m)ouse (ev)ents called mev. You can try it
out, i however use the simple
cat /dev/ttyS0 and move the mouse around. It should print sequences data
corresponding to move in X and Y direction and also on button clicks.
But from your associated post i think the problem is different. Possibly
your kernel was not compiled with support for the serial port, and it was
kept as a module. Since you are unable to load modules, your ttyS0 is
pretty much useless.
Kernel will search for the modules in /lib/modules/`uname -r` so put in a
soft link if necessary. Things should work out then
-- sreangsu
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