Bug 25771

Summary: [PS/2] System did not find serial mouse
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Mark H Johnson <mark_h_johnson>
Component: kernelAssignee: Ben LaHaise <bcrl>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version: 7.1CC: arku, b-nordquist, herrold, notting
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Description Mark H Johnson 2001-02-02 23:00:30 UTC 
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During installation, the display indicated that a "PS/2 mouse" was found.
The system being used has a serial mouse. Was unable to use the graphical
interface for installation.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot with a system having a serial mouse.
2.default gives you no chance.
2b.expert mode allows you to select a serial mouse, but it still didn't
work.
	

Actual Results:  Pointer is stuck in the center of the screen - unable to
move it.
Was able to install the system using the text screens & able to use the two
button serial mouse to get X configured, etc.

Expected Results:  Pointer should move (like it does NOW...).

Its an older system, 166mhz Pentium, serial mouse interface (actually a
trackball -but the mice I tried failed too) on ttyS0, CD, floppy, etc.
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2001-02-03 04:04:00 UTC 
Assigning to a defeveloper - is this a known 2.4 problem Bill?
Comment 2 Glen Foster 2001-02-05 22:34:33 UTC 
We (Red Hat) should really try to fix this before next release.
Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2001-02-05 22:41:47 UTC 
It didn't find the serial mouse, because it never looked for it, since
it 'found' a PS/2 mouse.

This is the PS/2 misdetection problem; assigning to kernel.
Comment 4 Michael K. Johnson 2001-02-08 23:16:47 UTC 
Since Ben is looking into this...
Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 2001-02-12 22:17:05 UTC 
*** Bug 23264 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Bill Nottingham 2001-03-02 00:01:52 UTC 
*** Bug 30231 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Ed McKenzie 2001-03-07 08:37:18 UTC 
kernel 2.4.2-0.1.19 still causes kudzu to detect a nonexistant PS/2 mouse.
Comment 8 Bill Nottingham 2001-03-16 23:06:51 UTC 
kudzu is fixed as of 0.98.0-1 or so.