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

[Tommy Trussell]

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.

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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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