On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 06:49:29AM -0800, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> How can I get Fedora to use a mouse connected to a
> serial port (ttyS0)? All the advice I can Google references
> things that have disappeared from Fedora over the years.
See 'man xorg.conf' and a description of an InputDevice section.
In practical terms drop into /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ a file named,
say, 01-mouse.conf with something like this in it
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "mman"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
adjusting protocol, device and options as required. Many years
passed from the last time I even seen a serial mouse but in
principle that should work. Hopefully.
If you want/need a mouse on a text console then gpm is using
a configuration in /etc/sysconfig/mouse.
'gpm -m <device> -t help' should give you a list of various
"candidate" protocols (or maybe your mouse came with some sort
of documentation?).
Michal
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