I have a white box with Pentium MMX200.The motherboard is quite old,with only a serial port for the mouse and without PS/2 port.When I tried to install Openstep 4.2,it can pass the text part, but when the configuration page come out, the page showed no pointing mouse and the mouse point is freezed.I checked /private/Device/System.config,which show serialpointingdevice.config is active.Why serial mouse can not be loaded aotomatically?Need I add a PCI card with Ps/2 and/or USB port?
Thanks.
I know that serial mice were/are supported by NeXTSTEP 3.2 and 3.3 (I remember well the performance stunk) and it looks as if they are in OSTEP 4.2. Not sure why yours wouldn't be working.
Quote from: "qianwan1999"I have a white box with Pentium MMX200.The motherboard is quite old,with only a serial port for the mouse and without PS/2 port.When I tried to install Openstep 4.2,it can pass the text part, but when the configuration page come out, the page showed no pointing mouse and the mouse point is freezed.I checked /private/Device/System.config,which show serialpointingdevice.config is active.Why serial mouse can not be loaded aotomatically?Need I add a PCI card with Ps/2 and/or USB port?
Thanks.
Here's some related information from NeXTanswers #1470 that might help:
QuoteMouse does not work after installation
Q: When I reboot my computer and the login window is displayed, everything appears fine except that I can't use the mouse--the cursor seems to be frozen or not responding. I can still type, though. What's wrong?
A: When you install OPENSTEP for Mach, you need to tell the operating system about specific hardware such as the mouse, graphics adapters, and SCSI adapters (i.e., which drivers should be used). The installation software loads in and uses all available mouse drivers. Thus, during installation, whatever mouse you are using should work with one of these drivers. You need to specify which mouse driver OPENSTEP should load upon starting up. For example, if you have a serial mouse, this means selecting and installing the serial mouse driver. If you forget to do this during the installation, when you restart OPENSTEP after the installation the mouse won't work.
To configure OPENSTEP to use a different mouse driver, you need to restart the computer using the default driver setup. At the boot: prompt type:
boot: config=Default
This starts up OPENSTEP with all of the mouse drivers loaded. Log in as root and start up Configure located in /NextAdmin. Select the mouse and configure the mouse according to your hardware setup. Remember to type the capital D in Default!
Note: config=Default should be used whenever there is a specific hardware-related failure (as may be caused by adding or removing a peripheral). This causes NEXTSTEP to start up with a basic default configuration and allows modification of the hardware configuration with the Configure.
See Also: NeXTanswer 1360_Mouse_Support
From NeXTanswers #1360
QuoteSerial Mouse Setup and Installation
Use the hardware or software tools provided with your system to configure the first serial port to IRQ 4, port 0x3f8, and the second serial port to IRQ 3, port 0x2f8. Plug the mouse into the first serial port.
Hope that helps.