serial mice are not detectable, so not supposed to work out of the box, if you use a serial mouse on a thin client, please use the X_MOUSE_PROTOCOL and X_MOUSE_DEVICE variables in your lts.conf
if you use it on a normal installation, the way you changed your xorg.conf is the right solution ** Changed in: edubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- Serial Mouse does not work in 6.06 https://launchpad.net/bugs/50061 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs