HD Install :: com port mouse



okay, i finally found out how to install dsl on my hd, but now my mouse doesnt work. it boots up to the gettingstarted page, and i can use the arrow keys to move down on my keyboard, but the mouse doesnt move. if there any easy way for a linux newbie like me to get my mouse to work?
Which version of DSL?  Newer versions have a prompt during X setup for serial mouse. If you serial mouse is say com1 then in Linux it is /dev/ttyS0 if it is com2 then it is /dev/ttyS1

Try this:
1. exit X windows by press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
2. at the system prompt $ type the following
   sudo ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/mouse
3. then restart X windows by typing startx

If this works for you, then let us know. If not then exit X windows as above and type the command

cat .xserverrc

and then post that here so we may try to help further.
okay, first, thanks for replying. the first thing didnt work, so heres what it says
exec /usr/bin/X11/Xvesa -2button -screen 1024x768x24 -shadow -nolisten tcp -I &> /dev/null
lol, well i decided to try and change the resolution, and it let me choose my mouse there, odd. it didnt let me chose it when i installed it to my harddrive.
but now i have another question, the colors are all messed up. i know my monitor can support 1024x768x32 in windows, but when i chose 32 or 24 in dsl, it shows it all messed up. is it my very old video card, or is there a way to fix it? thanks for your help
The only way ive found to set a com port mouse, is Ctrl-Alt-backspace out of X, then run xsetup.sh (assuming Im looged in as 'dsl' using DSL 0.7.3), then typing 'startx'. This gets me back to the dekstop with working serial mouse. Only thign to do now is getting it to stay after a reboot (I have a HDD install) ???
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