i486 - Help!
 

I've got my mousetop off and have to manually roll the stupid bars and push the click button inside it to get it to work. I can't find a mouse with a serial port for this machine. Is there any way to move the arrow around with the keyboard?





I have a p/s-2 to serial adaptor and it wont work with any of the choices I have in mouseconfig (red hat 6.2) and the probe fails. I have the right port, ttyS0 (did ls-l in /dev/mouse). I also tried a trackball with a bus>p/s-2>serial adaptor with an unsuccessful probe and all options given tried.





Where can I get an old mouse fast with a serial plug? Could my brand new p/s-2 to serial adaptor be bad?





Any help would be appreciated. and I've tried every combination of rebooting, etc. :mad:

it might be that the link /dev/mouse is pointing to the wrong port. try changing it to one of the other /dev/ttyS things . try changing the link to point to /dev/ttyS1 .

and why do you need to hack open the mouse to get it to work. just try cleaning all the rollers and the ball.

Alex

P,S, if i said anything unclear or you need more detailed instructions then drop us a line.

P.P.S. the p/s2 -> serial adaptor shouldn;t make a difference at all

I have found that almost any ps/2 mouse will work but I prefer the three button type, which the third button can also be a wheel if you like a wheel mouse. My favorite linux mouse is the standard size and shape three button that is rubberized so it is easy to grip.

just set the mouse symlink in /dev to be psaux

Thanks all - it seems I had the bad luck to buy not one but two DEFECTIVE p/s2 to serial adapters. I bought 5 mice that were ps2 and not Usb and were not micro$oft and the first had it's own ps2 to serial adapter. Now I have 8 mice that work to chose from. And to the first reply, the mouse had to be taken apart to work as it was so old it quickly broke during cleaning!:rolleyes: guess I'll have some kind of mouse party tonight.