Comment 18 for bug 9068

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Alwin Garside (yogarine) wrote : Re: Autodetection fails to find serial mouse

(In reply to comment #17)
> (In reply to comment #16)
> > This error hasn't been sorted out in breezy. What's happening? This was
> > reported in warty?
>
> Does anyone know if there is a fix for this? I am new to ubuntu and have no
> idea of how to apply that fix listed above-can anyone give an insight?
>
> Thanks!

After installation, edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and, under the Section
"InputDevice" that specifies the "Configured Mouse", modify the "Device" option
so that it points to the serial port where your mouse is located (Probably
"/dev/ttyS0") and change the "Protocol" to "Microsoft".