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xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse package

Missing dependency on mdetect

Bug #362027 reported by John Dong
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse

The hal-probe-vmmouse callout used to detect if you have a VMWare pointing device uses the "vmmouse_detect" command, which is in package mdetect. For one reason or another it is not a dependency and not part of Jaunty's base install, hence vmmouse does not work out of the box.

Installing the mdetect package makes the VMWare mouse integration work out of the box again.

Thus, mdetect needs to be added as a dependency for xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse.

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John Dong (jdong) wrote :

Trivial debdiff:

diff -u xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-12.5.1/debian/changelog xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-12.5.1/debian/changelog
--- xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-12.5.1/debian/changelog
+++ xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-12.5.1/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse (1:12.5.1-4ubuntu5) jaunty; urgency=low
+
+ * Add mdetect to dependencies (LP: #362027)
+
+ -- John Dong <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:28:04 -0400
+
 xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse (1:12.5.1-4ubuntu4) jaunty; urgency=low

   * debian/patches/fix-mouse-scrolling.patch: Cherry-pick from upstream
diff -u xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-12.5.1/debian/control xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-12.5.1/debian/control
--- xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-12.5.1/debian/control
+++ xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-12.5.1/debian/control
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@

 Package: xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
 Architecture: i386 amd64
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${xserver:Depends}
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${xserver:Depends}, mdetect
 Provides: ${xinpdriver:Provides}
 Replaces: xserver-xorg (<< 6.8.2-35)
 Description: X.Org X server -- VMMouse input driver to use with VMWare

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Nathan Handler (nhandler) wrote :

ACK #1 from me.

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John Dong (jdong) wrote :

Thanks, Nathan. Just to confirm I did test this patch to build correctly and function properly in a Jaunty VMWare system.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse - 1:12.5.1-4ubuntu5

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xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse (1:12.5.1-4ubuntu5) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Add mdetect to dependencies (LP: #362027)

 -- John Dong <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:28:04 -0400

Changed in xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse (Ubuntu Jaunty):
status: New → Fix Released
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