Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:03:24 -0500 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: Serial Mouse in Kernel 2.6 |
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Hi,
On 4/29/05, Christoph Pleger <Christoph.Pleger@uni-dortmund.de> wrote: > Hello, > > When configuring Kernel 2.6.11.7, I found under Input Devices two > options which seem to have to do with serial mouse support: > > 1. Serial line discipline (module serport) > 2. Serial Mouse support (module sermouse) > > Ic compiled both these features as a module. But after rebooting with > the new kernel, the serial mouse is working well with gpm and with X11, > although none of the above modules are loaded. > > So, what for are the modules mentioned above needed? >
If you load the modules and use input_attach program to set up your mouse then you can access it via /dev/input/mice together with the rest of you mice, PS/2, USB, etc. This way you have only one input device for you mouse and do not have to change millions of programs (actually 2) if you happen to install a new mouse.
You seem to still using the mouse by accessing /dev/ttySx port and using serial mouse driver.
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