[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Hi, I am using ubuntu 12.04, my mouse is Ligitech wireless, it had been working fine suddenly the MMB no. 3 stoped working though scrolling works fine, it has three button right , left and middle with scrol , after checking few forums and the command xev | grep -i button i figured out that if i tilt the scrol button to the right a bit and press then button no. 3 (MMB) works, any idea ? thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 Title: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/9068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
On 16/12/13 15:11, Shams wrote: I am using ubuntu 12.04, my mouse is Ligitech wireless, it had been working fine suddenly the MMB no. 3 stoped working though scrolling works fine, it has three button right , left and middle with scrol , after checking few forums and the command xev | grep -i button i figured out that if i tilt the scrol button to the right a bit and press then button no. 3 (MMB) works, any idea ? thanks. Sounds like a hardware issue - either it has dust or dirt in it or it's starting to wear out. You can try opening it up and cleaning it if you're comfortable doing that. In any case your issue is not related to this bug. Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Pam Partner, Glass Wings http://glasswings.com.au/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 Title: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/9068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
On Wednesday 07 Nov 2012 15:21 my mailbox was graced by a message from Rodrigo Varella Rahmi who wrote: 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. Yes, because in the absence of anything else detected, Windoze decides the mouse must be serial. Ubuntu, for reasons unknown, does not. Cheers, Ron. -- A man with a million dollars is as well off as if he were rich. -- J.P. Morgan -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org -- -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 Title: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/9068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
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. * * *Rodrigo Varella Rahmi* On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Tommy Trussell tommy.truss...@gmail.comwrote: 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. -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a duplicate bug report (68315). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 Title: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/9068/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 Title: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/9068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
** Changed in: xorg (Baltix) Status: Invalid = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 Title: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/9068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
AFAICS serial mice still not work automatically like in Windows 95 or Mandriva etc. So still valid after 8 years. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 Title: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/9068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
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. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 Title: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/9068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
** Changed in: xorg (Baltix) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 Title: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/9068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 Title: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/9068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
** Changed in: casper (Mandriva) Importance: Unknown = High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 Title: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Thank you for posting this issue. Does this occur in Lucid? FYI, Mandriva is under humongous structural difficulty as per: http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/mandriva- restructures-to-establish-european-leadership May want to consider changing distros to... Ubuntu! ;) ** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete ** Changed in: xorg (Baltix) Status: New = Incomplete -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
** Also affects: casper (Mandriva) via http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=53544 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
** Changed in: casper (Mandriva) Status: Unknown = Confirmed -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu) Milestone: ubuntu-10.04 = None -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Come on! I am running Lubuntu 10.04 and still my serial mouse is not recognized! I have to manually edit xorg.conf and restart X and it works. But what about people who have old computers and don't know how to use terminal? -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
It should be obvious to all by now that the powers that be are not interested in this bug; it has been open for nearly six years now, and nothing has been done, in spite of numerous calls to see how the good people at Mandriva manage to do it, and have managed it ever since I first used Mandrake 6.1 over ten years ago. -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Isn't this all the kernel issue, not Xorg one? IMHO the kernel should support the serial mice as it supports PS/2 mice. I tested my COM mouse on Windows, and when i press search for new hardware button, it just autodetects it. I don't even have to move the mouse. And, as i experimented with my mouse on linux, it gives some 55 bytes of (supposedly) identification data on power-on (or minicom 'initialize modem'). I looked into leaked WindNT sources and found that windows uses these (or similar) data to identify mouse. -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
The problem is not that the serial mouse does not work, but that it need to be configured to work. And when installing Ubuntu we do not get a chance to configure it, unlike what some other distributions (Mandriva, PCLinuxOS etc) do: if they do not detect a PS2 or USB mouse, they go into mouse configuration, asking for port and interrupt, and then on to a mouse-testing page where you can move cursor, click right and left, before going back to the mouse config or exit once you have it working. -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Yes, HAL is dropped in Lucid so the fdi file technique is not relevant anymore. Instead, we have incorporated an xorg.conf.d snippets system, whereby you will configure things like this by dropping a file with the serial mouse snippet (like the ones in comments #12 or #49) into your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. We figure that the fdi file syntax (and the udev syntax that replaced it in earlier versions of lucid) only served to make configuration more obtuse - while editing config files is not a pleasant way to get things working, at least the xorg.conf syntax is reasonably well known and documented pretty heavily on the internet. -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Just to add, there are those of us who use special pointing devices (myself included), such as for the handicapped or special medical needs or in specific locations such as a shop floor where a mouse would not work because of environmental issues (dirt, space, etc.). Some of these pointing devices (trackballs, joystick like devices etc.) are old and hard to replace and of course many emulate a serial mouse. For some this isn't just a convenience issue, it is an accessiblity issue. -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
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 dwti...@gmail.com 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 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- Rodrigo -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Yay. Well, I now have the serial mouse working in 9.04 as per suggestions located here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1138058 and here http://ubuntu- utah.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8243278 I just hope it will continue to work if I upgrade to 10.04 as I read something on another page indicating that the HAL won't be responsible for configuring devices, or maybe it was that this would be done in a different way. Well, it works or now, but really - there should be utils built to handle this issue. -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
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 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
FYI, Red Hat has a mouse config utility that handles serial mice: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install- guide/s1-mouseconfig.html Also, Mandriva handles a serial mouse, but appears to also be having issues now which would indicate it's an xorg problem in general: https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=53544 ** Bug watch added: Mandriva Linux #53544 http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=53544 -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Thank you for the link Have a great day --- On Mon, 3/1/10, Ruly ruly1...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Ruly ruly1...@yahoo.com Subject: [Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected To: selmateac...@yahoo.com Date: Monday, March 1, 2010, 4:49 PM FYI, Red Hat has a mouse config utility that handles serial mice: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install- guide/s1-mouseconfig.html Also, Mandriva handles a serial mouse, but appears to also be having issues now which would indicate it's an xorg problem in general: https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=53544 ** Bug watch added: Mandriva Linux #53544 http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=53544 -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “xorg” package in Baltix: New 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 To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/9068/+subscribe -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
I use a MEDL trackball which uses the old mousesystems protocol. HAL detection will not work as there is nothing to detect. I followed the advice of the above post with no success, and another which reproduced the entire relevant mouse section from my old xorg.conf. To no avail, the parameters I had supplied were appended to the emulated Macintosh button mouse device. A solution for the myriad of upgrading users out here is to re-enable 'Mouse' driver sections in xorg.conf. This is disabled in the HAL driven xorg editions since 9.04. One must add the line:- Option AllowEmptyInput false in the ServerLayout section. This still allows the auto detection of HAL devices but allows the inclusion of manual entries in xorg.conf. Many users with serial mice have had to resort to editing xorg.conf and this restores that possibility. -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu) Milestone: None = ubuntu-10.04 -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Hello Bambabur, that worked for me on Xubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala RC. Thanks! -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
I solved problem changing HAL configuration. I modified the file /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi in Ubuntu 9.10 changing the mouse configuration section with these lines: match key=info.capabilities contains=input.mouse merge key=input.device type=string/dev/ttyS0/merge merge key=linux.device_file type=string/dev/ttyS0/merge merge key=input.x11_driver type=stringmouse/merge /match After this change, it's needed to restart HAL and Xorg. Maybe someone can do better and produce a new file... but at least my serial mouse it's working now! (sorry i posted the whole file before the solution :-P) Bye! Mirco -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
** Attachment added: 10-x11-input.fdi http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34322121/10-x11-input.fdi -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Xubuntu 9.04 Live CD, and even after installation. Mouse on Com port - does not autodetected. Event after changing configuration according to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SerialMouseHowto - no effect. Still nonfunctional. USB and PS/2 mouses work fine. My hardware: Mouse: A4tech SWW-25 Motherboard: SL-75DRV2 -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Even going back and carefully booting 9.04 with the secret mouse/device=/dev/ttyS0 boot parameters did no good. Trying to navigate 9.04 desktop using kbd with no mouse was cute for a couple minutes, got frustrating fast -- did not find any way to activate serial mouse. -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Going on five years on this serial mouse bug, apparently little progress... today I was testing a PCChips M748LMRT mainboard, with AT keyboard, serial mouse, no PS/2 or USB. 384MB. Puppy Linux booted fine, with simple manual choice of serial mouse. The latest Ubuntu 9.04 was useless. Booted into destop GUI, mouse cursor, but no mouse response. No useful boot parameter help from LiveCD. Googling for Ubuntu serial mouse boot parameters also no help, just repeated obscure references to mouse/device=/dev/ttyS1. No mention of the fact that this geekness actually refers to the second COM port, not the first. How can something so basic and simple be so complicated? Tried Knoppix 5.1.1 CD. Auto detected and configured the standard Microsoft Serial Mouse 2.0A just fine. Delving into the dmesg there revealed the proper /dev/ttyS0 reference. Of course, by then, I didn't need to know, since 2007 Knoppix Just Worked. Ubuntu is mostly great, but if Puppy starts converting to Ubuntu base and loses the special advantages, it will be a big loss for the linux LiveCD ecosystem. The more I experiment, the more I get the feeling Ubuntu does not really believe in LiveCD mode, just views it as a demo toy. For years, most of my Linux experience has been from LiveCD, from scratch, over and over. If it doesn't work well enough, I move on to another distro. Puppy is the only distro I have ever found that always properly supports my new 1360x768 Toshiba LCD TV -- another victory for simple manual selection. Ubuntu auto-supports the TV less than half the time, randomly -- mostly I get a mysterious no-video mode; and after months of struggle I have not yet found any secret cheatcode to make it always work. One gets tired of trying to use something that may need to be rebooted ten times before it starts properly. It would be a vast improvement if Ubuntu LiveCD offered an alternative Puppy-like simple manual start mode, just asking about mouse, keyboard, and video modes. -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Confirmed for Ubuntu 9.04. inputattach --microsoft /dev/ttyS1 (for serial port 2) gives me can't set line discipline. Editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf manually did not help me either, tho I'm not confident that I did it right. But I got a usb mouse and that works, so no isue for me now. But ... Puppy had no problem with the serial mouse. It said, I think you have a serial mouse. Do you?. If you reply, Yes, it says, I think it is on ttyS0. Is it?. You can reply yes, or no and tell it where it is. -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
** Also affects: xorg (Baltix) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
well, refiling against casper then. I don't think this is something we can solve in xorg. ** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: xorg = casper -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
Totally OT, sorry. @Ian Gilfillan: why Ubuntu, not Xubuntu? Or even better something like DSL (Damn Small Linux)? -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
** Summary changed: - Serial mice are not autodetected + Serial mouse/mice not autodetected -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 9068] Re: Serial mouse/mice not autodetected
I've changed the description to include the term 'mouse', as suggested in 2005, to hopefully reduce duplicate postings of this bug. I still bump into this bug regularly - there are a lot of old serial mice still in good working order, especially where I operate - NGO's and small businesses on the tip of Africa, where new hardware is a luxury. Generally to get really old hardware working with Ubuntu I need more memory (which is unavoidable) and a new mouse, which is unfortunate :) -- Serial mouse/mice not autodetected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
