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Daniel Berry (selmateacher) wrote : Re: [Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected

Thank you for the link

Have a great day

--- On Mon, 3/1/10, Ruly <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Ruly <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Monday, March 1, 2010, 4:49 PM

FYI, Red Hat has a mouse config utility that handles serial mice:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-
guide/s1-mouseconfig.html

Also, Mandriva handles a serial mouse, but appears to also be having
issues now which would indicate it's an xorg problem in general:

https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=53544

** Bug watch added: Mandriva Linux #53544
   http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=53544

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Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
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Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in “xorg” package in Baltix: New

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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