[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected

[Renaud OLGIATI]

On Wednesday 07 Nov 2012 15:21 my mailbox was graced by a message from Rodrigo 
Varella Rahmi who wrote:
> This bug is old, and was opened at a time when the use of mice with serial
> ports was common. The fact that he is still present today demonstrates the
> inefficiency in the past (and to some extent still today) of the team to
> solve this problem. After performing a test with a serial mouse in the
> latest version of the Windows system (Win8 Pro) it worked automatically.

Yes, because in the absence of anything else detected, Windoze decides the 
mouse must be serial.
 
Ubuntu, for reasons unknown, does not.

Cheers,
 
Ron.
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Title:
  Serial mouse/mice not autodetected

Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “xorg” package in Baltix:
  Confirmed
Status in “casper” package in Mandriva:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When the X server is automatically configured, users with serial mice
  must perform additional manual configuration, specifically:

  1. [only for releases prior to 6.06/Dapper] Install the 'joystick'
  package (don't ask)

  2. Run 'inputattach --help' and find the appropriate protocol option
  to match your mouse

  3. Run 'inputattach <protocol option> /dev/ttyS0'.  This command must
  be run at system startup in order for this configuration to be
  permanent; in Dapper, it may be added to /etc/rc.local

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