Getting Remote IR Mice Support Under Linux

A few have asked about getting these spiffy remotes working under Linux so I figured I'd finally have to run something, but the submissions have been piling up rather quickly. So if you have a remote mouse, this topic is for you!

Here are a couple of the submissions I've received on this... Codger, asks "I have a Logitech remote control, and I'd like to use it under Linux. Does anyone know anything about this? The remote plugs into a serial port and augments the mouse pointer when on. I have software for it that runs under Windows 95, but I'd like to get it working under the 'One True OS'. Anybody have any ideas?"

And another from Nicholas Loscalzo who would like help with the following: "A couple of days ago, I picked up, for free (well, after the rebate) an Interact Web.Remote professional from OfficeMax. The thing is pretty damned cool. Serial port interface to a wide-angle IR receiver. The remote unit has a trackball, left and right "clickers" (two sets) and a keypad with 9 numerics and 9 play/stop/rewing/vol/etc keys. My question: I enjoy using my intellimouse with my main machine too much, so I don't want to set up the remote on that box (tried it on it though, it's definitely NOT a full-time use mouse, despite the advertisement.....), so I was thinking of popping it on to my linux box. Question is, has anyone written support for it yet in X (or consoles?) ? It'd be cool as hell to be able to control a bunch of functions all from remote."