Linux – Serial port mouse

預設的 RHEL 5 是沒有辦法使用它提供的工具(setup 或是 system-config)來設定 Serial Port mouse,但是你可以透過下面幾個方式來使用 serial port mouse.

Serial Mouse setting in RHEL 5

1. Booting to Linux O.S.
2. Insert a serial mouse into serial com port 1
3. Modifying InputDevice section of xorg.conf as following

在 /etc/X11/xorg.conf 新增下面這一段.這邊使用的是 serial port 1(/dev/ttyS0)

$ vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Name" "MouseMan"
Option "Protocol" "MouseMan"
Option "Vendor" "Serial"
EndSection

Serial Mouse setting in RHEL 4, 3

1. Booting to Linux O.S.
2. Insert a serial mouse into serial com port
3. Setting up the serial mouse by following command

$ setup – select mouse configuration – select Generic 2/3 Button Mouse (serial) – The serial mouse should be enabled and work fine

Serial Mouse setting in SLES 10 For Serial Port 1

1. Setting the serial mouse by entry the Mouse Model of yast2
2. Change model to Serial with MouseMan or IntelliMouse