Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 235978
serial mouse not detected during install c.q. no support for mouse configuration
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:12:01 EST
Description of problem: no support for serial mouse during install c.q. rfe mouse configuration Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 7 Test 3 (6.92) How reproducible: boot from DVD iso Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot from DVD iso 2. serial mouse not detected (only the touchpad) 3. Actual results: n/a Expected results: n/a Additional info: HP compaq nw8000 laptop (2 usb ports, serial port (ttyS0), touchpad. The touchpad is recognized by the installation program, however, as I only have 2 usb ports and find the touchpad cumbersome, I use a regular serial mouse. After installation (under Fedora Core 6) I can easily add it to xorg.conf and it works, but I'd like to have either: (a) an option during installation (say, after the keyboard definition) to specify which mouse/pointer to use (touchpad and/or usb, or serial), other distro's do support definition of an alternative pointer/mouse during install (b) autodetect by the installer
Although it's not obvious, Fedora 7 test release bugs should be filed against version "devel" rather than "test#". I'm moving these so they don't get lost. This has been a bulk message; we now return to your scheduled programming. Thank you.
Serial mice are not and won't be auto-configured by Fedora.