Hi, > So I think, it should still be treated as PS/2, right ?
I've realized that this is certainly NOT right .... because the mouse after the interface is connected to a serial port. But still no solution.... Kin From: Kin Yip Date: Sunday, January 04, 2009 4:27 PM To: Mark Stodola Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse doesn't work after installing SL 5.1 --- included Xorg.0.log Hi Mark, Thanks for the comment. There is an intermediate interface (like 9 cm long) between the mouse and the serial port which has the following printed: "Mouse Interface" "For Serial and IBM PS/2 Mouse Ports". So I think, it should still be treated as PS/2, right ? ( It used to work in SL 3.x. ) How do I "modprobe" with ?? "modprobe" what ?? I've already googled but haven't got a clue yet ... Kin From: Mark Stodola Date: Sunday, January 04, 2009 4:02 PM To: Kin Yip Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse doesn't work after installing SL 5.1 --- included Xorg.0.log Kin, An "InPort Mouse" isn't really PS/2. It is a very old Microsoft Bus Mouse from the early 1980s. I believe they used to use /dev/inportbm or similar. They are still supported in the 2.6 kernel, but I haven't dealt with one to be honest. File location: <kernel-src>/drivers/input/mouse/inport.c Description: Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver I'd start with modprobing it and seeing what device nodes it uses and go from there. Google might be your best bet, as I doubt many people have access to this kind of old hardware. Cheers, Mark Kin Yip wrote: > Hi, > > To have better chance of being helped, I include Xorg.0.log file . > There is /dev/input/mice (which is my > guess where the mouse device is ). Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > Kin > > *From:* Kin Yip <mailto:[email protected]> > *Date:* Sunday, January 04, 2009 3:28 PM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* PS/2 mouse doesn't work after installing SL 5.1 > > Hi, > > I have an old computer box which has an old PS/2 mouse interface (with a > mouse called InPort Mouse) and I've been using SL 3.x. > So today, I've finally taken the gut to upgrade it SL5.1 (with SL5.1). > I've chosen the "base" only so that I need only 1 CD and then > I've added to it from network using "yum install....". > > The X display didn't work at first when the system chose automatically : > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "cirrus" > EndSection > > in /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > I've made it work by changing "cirrus" to "vesa". > > But so far, the mouse just doesn't work. ( It used to work in SL 3.x. ) > I regretted that I didn't save any files before formatting the harddisk > (as I didn't expect any problem). > > Is there anything which I should install or any tool that I can > "configure" the mouse ? Long time ago, there used to be mouseconfig or > something like that, but not any more ? > > Can somebody advise ??? I'll greatly appreciate (as I'm running out of > ideas now). > > Kin >
