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

[Rodrigo Varella Rahmi]

This bug is old, and was opened at a time when the use of mice with serial
ports was common. The fact that he is still present today demonstrates the
inefficiency in the past (and to some extent still today) of the team to
solve this problem. After performing a test with a serial mouse in the
latest version of the Windows system (Win8 Pro) it worked automatically.

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*Rodrigo Varella Rahmi*



On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Tommy Trussell
<tommy.trussell at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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