Serial port mouse

netcrawl · 12-08-2005, 09:34 AM

I'm trying to get a serial port mouse on a Pentium 233MMX w/48 MB RAM to be recognized by DamnSmallLinux(DSL) 1.5.

The mouse works with an older version, DSL 0.4.10, but not with DSL 0.8.4 or 1.5.

I've tried configuring the mouse with xsetup.sh several times, using COMs 1-4 with no luck.

I can use version 0.4.10, but I'd rather use the newer release. Any suggestions on how to get the serial port mouse working is appreciated.

netcrawl

netcrawl · 12-09-2005, 12:46 PM

Solved it.
In 1.5 I had to manually create and symlink /dev/mouse to the correct serial port. "dsl xsetup" and "xsetup.sh" on the newer releases just don't seem to set up the mouse correctly on the P233.

Mouse works now, no problem.