On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Sarfaraz Kazi <sarzk...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/3/11 Rajeev R. K. <rajee...@gmail.com>: >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Sarfaraz Kazi <sarzk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi! >>> >>> I recently installed FC10 on my desktop PC. Everything's running fine >>> expect for my logitech 3-button serial mouse which is not getting >>> recognised under FC10. >> >> Dear Sarfaraz, >> >> there is a workaround to specify to the Kernel Input >> Subsystem(that is autoprobed) that there is a mouse available. The >> command used for it is '/usr/sbin/inputattach' , which is part of the >> 'gpm' package, installed by default. Note that this command has to be >> run before X starts up and does it's autoprobing, therefore it should >> be included as part of the system startup( The ideal/recommended >> location for this is in /etc/rc.d/rc.local ). >> >> For example, if you have a 3 button Logitech serial mouse with a >> scroll wheel connected on COM1, this is the line i would add in >> rc.local >> "/usr/sbin/inputattach --mmwheel /dev/ttyS0" >> >> Regards >> R. K. Rajeev > > Dear Rajeev, > > Thanks for your helpful reply. Just one query, my (ancient!) mouse > does not has a scroll wheel. So should I drop the "--mmwheel" part in > the command mentioned by you? Dear Sarfaraz,
Just run "inputattatch --help" and u'll see a list of supported input devices.. just choose from the list, and put in the corresponding option Regards R. K. Rajeev > > Thanks & Regards, > Sarfaraz > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
