Serial mouse not usable after installation
Bug #25740 reported by
Alwin Garside
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xserver-xorg-input-mouse (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
When installing Breezy on an older PC with a serial mouse it doesn't set the
proper mouse device and protocol, wich should be set to /dev/ttyS0 (or a symlink
to that) and 'microsoft' respectively.
So when GDM shows up the first time the mouse pointer appears but isn't
responsive... Not a great welcome. :P
I had this problem on a AMD K6 500MHz with a mainboard (forgive me for not
knowing witch type) that didn't have any PS/2 ports, so it had an old AT
keyboard (wich worked fine) and a serial 3 button mouse connected to it. It was
simply solved by editing the xorg.conf file, but still... There should be some
proper detection for this.
Also see bug: http://
Revision history for this message
| Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in xserver-xorg-input-mouse: | |
| assignee: | daniels → nobody |
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This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 9068.