Comment 8 for bug 295983

Just tried it..it will only configure my keyboard :(

On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Renaud OLGIATI <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 9068 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068
>
> On Sunday 09 November 2008, my mailbox was graced by a missive
> from Teej <email address hidden> who wrote:
>
> > This really should be fixed with a mouse searching facility in ubiquity,
> > and if none is found, then it should ask if the mouse is serial.
>
> No, what you need is a serial mouse setting/checking utility, which is
> called
> if no mouse is detected.
>
> > This is present in Mandriva apparently.
>
> I can confirm, having installed Mandriva 2009.0 last month.
>
> And it already existed when I began with Mandrake 6.1 over nine years ago,
> in
> days when serial mice were more common.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ron.
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> [intrepid] Serial mouse not detected when using USB adapter
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295983
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> Status in "xserver-xorg-input-mouse" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> When I use Windows, it automatically installs the drivers for my USB to
> Serial mouse adapter. I can't seem to find the driver for Ubuntu.
> I use a special mouse due to my physical limitations and a regular USB
> mouse is useless to me.
> I'm new to this OS so you have to go step-by-step.
>