Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 22:49:40 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Logitech wheel mouse & usb -> [ ps/2 -> ] serial conversion Message-ID: <20020301204940.GC1757@hades.hell.gr>
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I've been given a new mouse as a gift today, and was trying to install it
on a relatively old machine here. The mouse is one of the wheel mice of
Logitech, and comes with a USB cord, and a usb -> ps/2 conversion adaptor.
The machine I wanted to use this on is a Pentium machine, and only has
two RS-232 serial ports. No USB or PS/2. Is it possible to use the usb to
ps/2 converter that came with the mouse and one of my ps/2 to serial
converters to make this work? Has anyone else done this already?
I've tried starting moused while the old serial mouse was plugged in
/dev/cuaa1, and it works like a charm if I do:
# moused -p /dev/cuaa1 -t auto
When I plug the Logitech usb mouse to he included ps/2 to usb converter,
and then to a ps/2 to serial converter though, the second mouse, doesn't
even seem to start working. After fiddling with various protocol types in
moused, I tried a simple:
# hd /dev/cuaa1
but there is apparently not a single byte of data coming from the mouse to
the serial port :-(
Any ideas, that could possible help?
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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