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Bug 119474
Summary: | serial mouse not working during installation | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael> |
Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Jeremy Katz <katzj> |
Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | rawhide | CC: | bfox, johnsteinman, leonard-rh-bugzilla, mgb, notting, oliva, romildo, wtogami |
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Hardware: | athlon | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2006-02-21 19:02:16 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
Michael Schwendt
2004-03-30 20:02:19 UTC
Comps bug, actually. Will hopefully be fixed in newer builds. Reopening, we should probably do something during installation. Possibly related to this, the installer detected my 3-button PS/2 mouse but it is not working in X or in gpm. No, that's a different issue... that should Just Work. At the end of a fresh installation, I find this in install.log.syslog: <13>Apr 4 18:08:22 kudzu: linked /dev/mouse to /dev/ttyS1 <13>Apr 4 18:08:22 kudzu: ran mouseconfig for ttyS1 So, at that point, kudzu is correct about my mouse (system-config-mouse was missing, though, different bug). *** Bug 119259 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** I can confirm that serail mice don't work in the installer as of 04/16/2004 rawhide tree. Same for FC2t3. Even after manual selection (ms compatible +/- 3 btn emu or generic 3 button) the mouse is not recognized. Michael has confirmed that serial mice remain inoperative in the FC2-e0507.0 release candidate. Funny thing is that by starting gpm the serial mouse gets recognized by X. It's still functional after stopping gpm. Leonard, that was a different bug. [Serial mouse after (!) installation in X works fine here with the release candidate. In Test3, one of the side-effects of "service gpm start" is that kernel module "sermouse" is loaded. But that alone doesn't enable the mouse in X.] What is the /etc/sysconfig/mouse in the non-functional case? I need to try that (no sooner than tomorrow) with a fresh install. In Test2, /etc/sysconfig/mouse did not exist. With Fedora Core 2, the file was most likely created by me after installation (not just to enable the third button). /root/install.log.syslog contains: <13>May 15 18:42:30 kudzu: ran mouseconfig for ttyS0 FC2, after fresh install with non-working mouse, /etc/sysconfig/mouse contains: FULLNAME="Generic - 2 Button Mouse (serial)" MOUSETYPE="Microsoft" XEMU3="yes" XMOUSETYPE="Microsoft" IMOUSETYPE="bare" DEVICE=/dev/ttyS0 The device /dev/ttyS0 is correct. Side-note: In reply to comment 10 (Leonard), _after_ installation mouse stops working in X as soon as I "chkconfig gpm stop ; reboot". Correct, the gpm init script starts the input layer redirector (for lack of a better place ATM.) The same bug is reported by me in No 124275 [just tracking: bug persists in FC3 Test1] *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 115513 *** With a Logitech C7 mouse, bug persists after installation, and does not work *at all*. Still there in Core 3 test1. Logitech Cordless Navigator Duo mouse does not work if I use the ps/2 adapter to plug both connectors to PS/2 instead of one PS/2, one USB. However, when the boot process completed, whatever I change the ps/2 connector(which is used for mouse) to USB or PS/2, the mouse still continue to work. I installed FC4 which did not recognize my mouse. I have a Microsoft Serial mouse. Tried it as serial and with a PS2 adapter and the install cannot see either one. Any suggestions on how to get it to work is appreciated. Here is what I do to fix for FC4 (both x86-32 and x86-64) for serial mice: 1. Log into console or text mode as root. 2. Run mouseconfig - set up for serial mouse, ignore any error messages. 3. Use your favourite editor to open /etc/sysconfig/mouse 4. The last line should contain /dev/mice - change this to /dev/ttyS? where the question mark refers to the port your mouse is plugged into. 5. Save /etc/sysconfig/mouse 6. Run service gpm start and when you go back to X (Gnome / KDE) the mouse should work. Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated. |