Trying to use Damn Small Linux-- but my mouse doesn't work

[Newbie2Linux]

I have almost sucessfully booted from the live CD using the bootfloppy
image. I get all the way to the DSL desktop. But I'm only able to use my
up and down arrow keys to scroll up and down in the DILLO window. My mouse
does not work.

I have a 2-button serial mouse on a Windows95 computer that's 11 years old.

I tried rebooting. When I get to the DSL boot screen I choose F2. Then I
run dsl xsetup.

I rebooted many times to try all of the com port selections in the DSL
XSETUP mode -- COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4. None of them seem to work. I get the
same result as before--I can scroll and use the keyboard but not use my
mouse.

I choose the correct screen resolution, color depth and keyboard. And I get
the same looking DSL desktop as before. But no mouse.

I rebooted using Windows 95 instead of DSL to test my mouse and mouse
connection. It works fine in Win95.

Any suggestions?

[s. keeling]

Newbie2Linux <dsi...@gmail.com>:

> I have almost sucessfully booted from the live CD using the bootfloppy
> image. I get all the way to the DSL desktop. But I'm only able to use my
> up and down arrow keys to scroll up and down in the DILLO window. My mouse
> does not work.
>
> I have a 2-button serial mouse on a Windows95 computer that's 11 years old.
>
> I tried rebooting. When I get to the DSL boot screen I choose F2. Then I
> run dsl xsetup.
>
> I rebooted many times to try all of the com port selections in the DSL
> XSETUP mode -- COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4. None of them seem to work. I get the
> same result as before--I can scroll and use the keyboard but not use my
> mouse.

I'd edit (try nano, if it's there) /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Here's mine:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
EndSection

Change "/dev/psaux" to "/dev/ttyS0", save the file, start X, loop
through 1 - 3.

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[Mark Hobley]

Newbie2Linux <dsi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a 2-button serial mouse on a Windows95 computer that's 11 years old.

It should be no problem. I use Debian on Pentium 120 computers dating
from around 1992, and I have used a serial mouse in the past.

You will probably have to set it up manually though, so you will need to
do some googling.

Incidentally, you might like to try Puppy linux. It is extremely
compact, but you will still need to figure out how to get that mouse
working.

Is the kernel serial mouse driver module loaded?

modprobe mouse_serial

Mark.

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