Comment 92 for bug 9068

I started to comment that Ubuntu 12.10 doesn't autodetect my paper tape reader and punch, but decided that's too snarky (plus I don't really use them). It probably doesn't autodetect Hollerith card readers, either. ;-)

It's possible I may no longer own the systems I previously used to test THIS bug -- I suspect the hardware now in my office has no serial ports, and the serial mouse is missing, too, so I would need to scrounge both a serial card and a serial mouse.

My real point is that in order to address this bug in a satisfactory way, the folks with the technical skills and the folks with the hardware MUST intersect. Despite being in one group in the past, now I am no longer in either group. :-(

It doesn't help to note how many minutes, days, months or years this bug has been open... there are fewer and fewer folks who have the hardware to test it, so this is not the place to look for help.

I was just searching http://ubuntuforums.org/ to see if there are any active threads that mention "serial mouse" and there are a few (most regarding graphics tablets). Most of the helpful comments in this bug include forum links, SO the forums might be where the technical knowledge and hardware ownership are most likely to intersect.