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xserver-xorg-input-mouse package

  1. Bug #295983
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 295983

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Renaud OLGIATI (renaud-olgiati-in-paraguay) wrote : Re: [Bug 295983] Re: [intrepid] Serial mouse not detected when using USB adapter

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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