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How do i reconfigure my mouse for Etch (Debian rel 4)What command do i use to tell debian rel 4 that my mouse in on ttys0, and in what directory do i find it (run it from where?). Under rel 3.1 my mouse worked fine on ttys0, but when i installed the latest release of debian Etch rel 4, it did not give me the oppertunity to say what type or how my mouse is connected. I have an old microsoft serial mouse. Bookmark/Search this post with: 
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How do i reconfigure my
You may need to edit portions of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or was it x.org?) configuration file. Under the 'Mouse' section you can specify the device as /dev/ttyS0 - I can't remember what driver to specify, but 'man xorg.conf' might help
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OK, the xorg.conf documentation in Debian sucks and blows at the same time. Absolutely useless. So I looked up your mouse on the XFree86 site:
http://www.xfree86.org/current/mouse.4.html
Your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file needs a mouse entry that looks something like this:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "mickey"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
In the past the configuration files had been generated with 2 mouse sections which is incorrect - so check that there is only 1 mouse section and that it is selected in the 'ServerLayout' section later.
Problem Solved - Thanks to Pinniped
Thanks you for pointing me in the right direction.