Re: support for serial pointer device

2011-07-07 Thread Julien Cristau
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:38:16 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Perhaps xserver-xorg-input-evdev should have "Suggests: inputattach". > It would also be nice to document this in the xserver-xorg-input-mouse > package description: > > Most configurations on Linux will use the evdev driver a

Re: support for serial pointer device

2011-07-07 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Julien Cristau wrote: > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:15:25 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> What are those errors? That might be an X bug. (Ideally, upgrades of >> any program should not break working configurations without warning.) > > Ideally, yes, but serial mice are enough of a corner case th

Re: Bug#632419: support for serial pointer device

2011-07-07 Thread Julien Cristau
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:15:25 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > retitle 632419 X: please ask for (serial) mouse device name at installation > time if no pointer is detected > reassign 632419 xserver-xorg-input-mouse 1:1.5.0-2 > severity 632419 wishlist > quit > > Hi, > > a...@users.sourceforge

Processed: Re: support for serial pointer device

2011-07-07 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > retitle 632419 X: please ask for (serial) mouse device name at installation > time if no pointer is detected Bug #632419 {Done: Ben Hutchings } [linux-2.6] linux-image-2.6-686: Provides no support for serial pointer device Changed Bug ti

Bug#632419: support for serial pointer device

2011-07-07 Thread Jonathan Nieder
retitle 632419 X: please ask for (serial) mouse device name at installation time if no pointer is detected reassign 632419 xserver-xorg-input-mouse 1:1.5.0-2 severity 632419 wishlist quit Hi, a...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > X works differently in this distribution. I needed a configuration

Bug#632419: closed by Ben Hutchings (Re: Bug#632419: linux-image-2.6-686: Provides no support for serial pointer device)

2011-07-07 Thread axst
Hi, Ben, Unfortunately things are not as easy as they might seem. On Mon, 4 Jul 2011, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: Your old X configuration shows that you used the serial mouse driver in the X server, not the kernel (which is why you did not need to use inputattach). You can use the same

Bug#632419: marked as done (linux-image-2.6-686: Provides no support for serial pointer device)

2011-07-03 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:03:21 +0100 with message-id <1309748601.3244.81.camel@localhost> and subject line Re: Bug#632419: linux-image-2.6-686: Provides no support for serial pointer device has caused the Debian Bug report #632419, regarding linux-image-2.6-686: Provides no s

Bug#632419: linux-image-2.6-686: Provides no support for serial pointer device

2011-07-02 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2011-07-02 at 19:41 +0200, a...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for your quick reply. > > On Sat, 2 Jul 2011, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > On Sat, 2011-07-02 at 08:17 +0200, Axel Stammler wrote: > >> Suddenly (after installing Squeeze) I have to use Input Attach to use a > >

Bug#632419: [Fwd: Re: Bug#632419: linux-image-2.6-686: Provides no support for serial pointer device]

2011-07-02 Thread Ben Hutchings
Forwarded Message From: a...@users.sourceforge.net To: Ben Hutchings Subject: Re: Bug#632419: linux-image-2.6-686: Provides no support for serial pointer device Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 19:41:24 +0200 (CEST) Hi, Thanks for your quick reply. On Sat, 2 Jul 2011, Ben Hutchings

Bug#632419: linux-image-2.6-686: Provides no support for serial pointer device

2011-07-02 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2011-07-02 at 08:17 +0200, Axel Stammler wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6-686 > Version: 2.6.32+29 > Severity: normal > > > Suddenly (after installing Squeeze) I have to use Input Attach to use a > serial mouse at > all, i.e. for GPM as well as X (GDM). I'm surprised that wasn't necess

Bug#632419: linux-image-2.6-686: Provides no support for serial pointer device

2011-07-01 Thread Axel Stammler
Package: linux-image-2.6-686 Version: 2.6.32+29 Severity: normal Suddenly (after installing Squeeze) I have to use Input Attach to use a serial mouse at all, i.e. for GPM as well as X (GDM). So far I had thought such tricks, which only serve to force the consumer to replace perfectly good hardw