Re: Problems with mouse in kernel 2.0.0

Aaron Ucko (UCKO@vax1.rockhurst.edu)
Fri, 05 Jul 1996 08:34:39 -0600 (CST)

> I have Microsoft's 2 button mouse, which is working fine with kernel1.2.13
>
> It is atteched to com1.
> Following is the configuration file for the kernel.

That reveals the problem:
[all irrelevant lines deleted]
>#
># Character devices
>#
># CONFIG_SERIAL is not set
>CONFIG_MOUSE=y
># CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set
># CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
>CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE=y
># CONFIG_PSMOUSE is not set

If your mouse is attached to com1, it is obviously a SERIAL mouse. Therefore
you need to configure IN the serial driver. You also might as well
configure OUT bus mouse drivers, since you don't have a bus mouse. Then
just make sure that /dev/mouse points to /dev/ttyS0 and that everything
references either /dev/mouse or /dev/ttyS0 and tries to use the Microsoft
protocol.

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