Those adaptors don't always work with some mice.  If you are using a
logitech mouse, you need the adaptor that came with it, or at least a
logitech adaptor.  I know that in the past I have had the exact same
problem with some of my mice in both Linux and Windows.

On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 09:59, Jeff wrote:
> I have a question that stems from the serial mouse part of this email.
> 
> I have Mandrake 8.2, and a machine that only has a serial port on the back
> of it (I have the option of installing a ps/2 port if all else fails) for
> the mouse. I don't have a serial mouse, but I have an adapter for a serial 2
> PS/2 connector. No matter what setting I've tried during install, I can't
> get the mouse to work using that adapter. Do those adapters just not work
> very well? Even windows wasn't getting it... I've tried 3 different adapters
> and none of them work, (I've also tried 3 different computers) What am I
> doing wrong?
> 
> The serial port is connected to COM1 (TTYS0 right?) on the motherboard.
> 
> John Wheat, this is the computer you sold me, can you give me some hints? I
> can't for the life of me figure out half of the keyboard shortcuts to get
> into the hardware section of Mandrake to be able to change it after install.
> I'll probably have to go through the install again, or edit a config file
> somewhere maybe.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Gore" <agore@qwest.net>
> To: "PLUG" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 11:39 AM
> Subject: SuSE installed
> 
> 
> | Folks,
> |
> | Thanks much for the recommendations on a Linux distro to bring my
> | dual-processor Intel system "up from Windows". I have always suspected
> that
> | Windows NT was not making full use of the two processors.
> |
> | I ended up installing SuSE 8.0, if for no other reason that stores carry
> it
> | all over town, next to Red Hat, while nobody has Debian. There must be a
> | reason why the market is demanding it. The Pro edition comes with six
> discs
> | of applications. The last time I installed a Linux was Red Hat 6.1 several
> | years ago on an old 486. I ran that machine purely as a firewall in my
> | three-PC office. It served me well, but was destroyed in a flood last
> year.
> | Only now am I dedicating a new machine to Linux once again.
> |
> | SuSE installed with far less trouble than the old RH had done. The
> interface
> | looked as professional as a Windows install. The autoprobe found every
> | component on my system except for the serial mouse. Midway through the
> | install, there was a point where SuSE displays the autoprobe results and
> | allowed me to specify the mouse as being on the first serial port (using
> | keyboard only, of course). It set up X as the default interface, and had
> no
> | trouble configuring the AGP video. X looks really good now; this time, I'm
> | not going to automatically ditch it in favor of the command line.
> |
> | Alan Gore
> |
> |
> |
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