Hi All, I'd be very grateful if somebody could help me to detect/solve problem with serial M$ InteliMouse... I tried cat /dev/input/mice cat /dev/psaux cat /dev/mouse result is the same: nothing on screen. Note, devices are present. Just do not react on mouse movements. Sure, gpm and xorg can't see them. I tried compile into kernel all necessary components (serio, sermouse, etc) and leave them as modules with manual loading. Nothing helps. May be you could propose some systematical approach how to find out what the problem is? Any docs to read? I saw lot of ps/2 and usb mouse - related info but almost nothing about serial one... It seems this linux 'input' system is downgraded in usability since 2.4.x -- rdim

"... and leave them as modules with manual loading..." Did they load OK? How did you load them manually...with modprobe? "...I tried cat /dev/input/mice cat /dev/psaux cat /dev/mouse..." /dev/psaux is used for PS/2 devices and /dev/mouse is usually just a symbolic link to the correct device. /dev/input/mice I think is used more for USB mice. "...but almost nothing about serial one..." For serial /dev/mouse should point to /dev/ttyS0 for com port 1 or /dev/ttyS1 for com port 2. Try catting one of those....

- modules are loaded with no problem with 'insmod'; - yes, it is. Other thing I remember from my previous mouse configuration is that ps/2 one was not working without usb hid support. I added this support to my new 2.6.8 but it does not help to serial mouse... - sorry, i just didn't mention /dev/ttySx in my prev. message; i tried ones of course. Can this be a reason that i add both ps/2 and serial mouse support? Actually when I make them as modules and insmod only sermouse.ko... But may be they are interfering somehow? Thanks in advance! -- rdim

I've had a PS/2 mouse and a serial touchscreen display both working at the same time so there shouldn't be any conflict. Try using modprobe instead of insmod as it will automatically load/unload any module dependencies too.