to follow up, I eventually got this working by running
mdetect -v
I discovered that if mdetect finds nothing it defaults to intellimouse on psaux
(on my mobo ymmv)
replacing the mouse then gave me the output
/dev/ttyS0
microsoft
which can be used to edit (copy old version first I ended up with no
ubuntu 6.06 tried both fixes
input attach --microsoft /dev/ttys1
gives
"Inputattach: input/output error"
and modifying xorg.conf as above makes my x session hang
I think calling this bug low priority a little harsh and agree the best option
would be an on install if no ps2/usb mouse detected, "do
