I put mandrake10.1-Official on my friends desktop. His mouse doesnt work. It doesn't show up in harddrake (the gui tool). In fact, there is no mouse section at all, and it's not under peripherals.Did the adapter come with the mouse? Does the mouse work with the adapter on other computers? Other OSs? The reason I ask is that I have run into this before, where someone has a mouse, and they have an adapter from a different mouse, and they do not work together. The problem is that the PS/2 to serial, and PS/2 to USB adapters just convert the plug, without changing the signal levels. They work with the mouse they came with because the mouse uses different signal levels, and possible protocols, depending on how it is plugged in. For a mouse that works with a PS/2 to serial adapter, it works with ttl level (0 to +5 volts) signals when plugged into a PS/2 port, and with RS-232 levels (any ware from +/-3 to +/-35 volts.) A PS/2 only mouse, or a PS/2 and USB mouse will not work with on a serial port even though it will plug into the adapter. It doesn't have the circuits for it.
His mouse is a PS/2 mouse, but it is connected to a COM port via an adaptor. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? The reason he cites for wanting windows are all areas mandrake can really soar, so I'm dying to give him his dream machine!
Thanks in advance,
Jarlath
Now, if the mouse is one that will work on a serial port, then we can work on getting Mandrake to work with it... But Mandrake usualy finds a serial mouse without help.
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