Serial mouse not working under Ubuntu 5.10
 

The dreaded "serial mouse" problem strikes again!

I've just installed Ubuntu as a trial to see if we can use it on our charity computer project where we re-sell donated old computers to low-income earners.

I seem to have hit a very standard problem under Ubuntu in that the serial mouse is not recognised.

I've changed the xorg.conf file so it contains the following lines:

Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"

but it still doesn't work. By that I mean that the cursor is on the screen but moving the mouse or clicking has no effect.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Keith

Amazing-- it helps to have a mouse that works!

I put a different mouse in and now all is well!

Keith

That solution does not seem to work for me. Maybe there was some simply typo, but I could not spot any errors. Anyway here is another solution that I am using. Try running "inputattach" like this:

inputattach --microsoft ttyS0 &

Adjust the settings accordingly -- simply typing "inputattach" will list all the options.

That worked for me. My serial mouse immediately started working. Then I simply added that command to my /etc/rc.local file and it just works.

Maybe this can help someone else too.

Apollo