Comment 82 for bug 9068

I agree completely and I don't use Ubuntu and/or Linux anymore. I return
back Mac OS.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:48 AM, Dave <email address hidden> wrote:

> I'm really disappointed that I even needed to look for this bug report
> tonight. I'm trying to install xubuntu on an older system with very
> limited resources and have not been successful with getting the serial
> mouse to work with any of the "how to's" I've seen yet. (Currently
> trying with 9.4).
>
> In more than 15 years, I have never seen an OS installation that
> provides a GUI desktop environment not provide an option to manually
> select a serial mouse if no mouse was auto detected during the
> installation. Even Windows 3.1 and GeoWorks Ensemble do this.
>
> Forgive my ignorance if I am incorrect, but if most Linux distros (in
> general) are open source... can't someone just look at the source code
> for another Linux flavor that allows this to see how they did it?
>
> This is crude, inaccurate and incomplete, but couldn't the basic flow of
> operations go something like this:
>
> If MouseAutoDetected = false then
> ChooseMouse()
> End If
>
> ---
>
> Sub ChooseMouse()
> x=msg ("No Mouse was detected. Would you like to configure a serial
> mouse?", YesNo)
> if x = true then
> QuitMouseSelection = 0
> do while z != 1
> msg "Select a serial port and driver from the lists below and click
> the Test Mouse button"
> 'Obviously... this would be displayed on the screen.
> msg "Press Q to quit without configuring a mouse"
> z = TestMouseButton(y)
> 'keyscan - was 'Q' pressed? if "Yes" QuitMouseSelection = 1 and exit
> sub...
> 'used to escape sequence without configuring a mouse
> next
> else
> exit sub
> end if
> end sub
>
> ---
>
> Sub TestMouseButton_OnClick()
> msg "Move the mouse now"
> 'timer runs for 5 seconds
> y = msg ("Did you see the mouse move?" YesNo)
> end sub
>
>
> The above is not intended to be accurate in any way... it is just intended
> to throw the idea out there so that some kind of an option could be
> provided.
>
> --
> Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068
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>

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Rodrigo