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

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?

Newbie2Linux <dsinc93@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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Newbie2Linux <dsinc93@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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Quinton, BIRMINGHAM.