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Description of problem: inputattach no longer works properly with kernel 5.12.5-300.fc34.x86_64 in Fedora 34. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):1.7.1-1.fc34.x86_64 How reproducible: Run this command with a MouseSystems-compatible mouse on /dev/ttyS0: /usr/bin/inputattach -msc /dev/ttyS0 Steps to Reproduce: 1. /usr/bin/inputattach -msc /dev/ttyS0 Actual results: Get error message: inputattach: can't set line discipline This causes the serial mouse on /dev/ttyS0 to not work. Expected results: The inputattach command executes without error, causing the serial mouse to work. Additional info: The above inputattach command worked in all earlier versions of fedora and the kernel, including in Fedora 34 with kernel 5.11.21-300.fc34.x86_64. It was only with the upgrade to kernel 5.12.5-300.fc34.x86_64 that the command stopped working.
Can you report it to the linuxconsoletools upstream?
It has been reported to linuxconsoletools upstream: https://sourceforge.net/p/linuxconsole/discussion/8991/thread/836b1c8ff5/
The same problem occurs for kernel 5.12.10-300, so I looked to see which kernels include the required sermouse module for using serial mice: $ find /lib/modules/ -name "*sermouse*" /lib/modules/5.11.21-300.fc34.x86_64/kernel/drivers/input/mouse/sermouse.ko.xz So that's why inputattach no longer works in the 5.12.x kernels: the sermouse module was removed. I looked in the kernel-modules-extra and kernel-modules-internal packages for the sermouse module, they did not have the sermouse module for the 5.12.x kernels. So this is not a linuxconsoletools problem, it is a problem with Fedora's kernel 5.12.x packages not shipping the sermouse module any more. Please restore the sermouse module to the kernel-core package, or add it to the kernel-modules-extra package for the 5.12.x kernels. This will allow anyone using a serial mouse to keep using it in Fedora. Thanks.
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