Re: [aclug-L] Mouse question

["Greg House" <ghouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wrote:


>This is probably a stupid question...

Yes, it was...  Goes to show what happens when you have to ponder questions
when you can't work on your system.

>In the past I had trouble getting a serial mouse to work if there was an
>active PS/2 mouse port on the system.  My friend wants this nifty colored
>mouse and it only comes with a serial interface.  Can this be made to work
>(using Xfree86 3.3.3.1)?

The answer to my own question is yes.  You just have to point /dev/mouse at
the right com port (/dev/cua0) and set the protocol in XF86Config to
"Microsoft" instead of "PS/2".  Pretty easy!

Greg

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