2009/3/11 Rajeev R. K. rajeevrk@gmail.com:
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Sarfaraz Kazi sarzkazi@gmail.com wrote:
Hi!
I recently installed FC10 on my desktop PC. Everything's running fine expect for my logitech 3-button serial mouse which is not getting recognised under FC10.
Dear Sarfaraz,
The Default in fedora 10 is to use a completely autodetected mechanism of handling hardware. This works for most hardware because they are designed to be probed and identify themselves correctly. Sadly, serial mice are not among these devices, and linux isnt the only os to have issues with detection of serial mice and other serial devices(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283063).
That being said, there is a workaround to specify to the Kernel Input Subsystem(that is autoprobed) that there is a mouse available. The command used for it is '/usr/sbin/inputattach' , which is part of the 'gpm' package, installed by default. Note that this command has to be run before X starts up and does it's autoprobing, therefore it should be included as part of the system startup( The ideal/recommended location for this is in /etc/rc.d/rc.local ).
For example, if you have a 3 button Logitech serial mouse with a scroll wheel connected on COM1, this is the line i would add in rc.local "/usr/sbin/inputattach --mmwheel /dev/ttyS0"
Dear Rajeev,
As per your instructions, I appended the following line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local -
/usr/sbin/inputattach --microsoft /dev/ttyS0
However, after rebooting, the system halted at the boot screen itself just after the progress fills up completely. On pressing F1, the last message I can see is "Starting anacron [OK]". I can move the mouse cursor (white rectangle) at this point, but the system won't boot into X.
I had to comment out the aforementioned line from rc.local by booting into rescue mode off my fc10 dvd.
I tried giving the same command as root from X terminal and the mouse works perfectly. Am I doing something wrong here?
Regards, Sarfaraz