Device Manager could use a "View by Type" option
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| hal (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Wishlist
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Bug Description
The Device Manager GUI could use a "view by type" mode. By default theUbuntu device manager presents "view by connection" (or at least a close equivalent) which is fine if you know where the device is situated in the system.
After plugging in a USB Gamepad into my hub it took a bit of searching to figure out where the device was located in the view. My computer has 6 USB ports on the motherboard and a hub which provides an additional 7. The motherboard also has several "virtual" usb hubs on it to service all the on board ports. So I had to search for the gamepad among several different hubs that were being reported.
If there was a "view by type" mode I could simply look under a "Input Devices" (or something) section for the gamepad, or if the device was not detected properly a "Unknown Devices" section.
| Changed in hal: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
| description: | updated |
| Ethan Bissett (draimus-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in hal: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Since the device manager was removed sometime ago I guess this bug can be invalidated.