From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1b) Gecko/20020820 Description of problem: The Mouse Configuration help text says: "Do you have a PS/2, USB, Bus or serial mouse? (Hint: If the connector your mouse plugs into is round, it is a PS2 or a Bus mouse; if rectangular, it is a serial mouse.)" Whether serial connectors are rectangular is debatable, and most mice with "rectangular" connectors these days are USB. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Reach the Mouse Configuration screen in a graphical install and look at the left pane of the window (the pane with the help text) Actual Results: The text I quoted in the description Expected Results: Something like one of the following two alternative descriptions, depending on what the meaning of the word "rectangular" is ;) (for these examples, you may want to pay more attention to content than grammar or spelling): (a) "Do you have a PS/2, USB, Bus or serial mouse? (Hint: If the connector your mouse plugs into is round, it is a PS/2 or a Bus mouse. If the connector is rectangular, it is a USB mouse. If it is trapezoidal, it is a serial mouse.)" (b) "Do you have a PS/2, USB, Bus or serial mouse? (Hint: If the connector your mouse plugs into is round, it is a PS/2 or a Bus mouse; if rectangular, it is a USB or serial mouse.)" Additional info: USB mice, which have connectors that are much more clearly rectangular than serial mouse connectors, are becoming a lot more popular/common...
Thanks for the report. Unfortunately, it is too late to make this change for the upcoming release. We will change this text for the next release. In the mean time, the install guide should provide help for anyone confused by this. Thanks again, Sandra
If it's going to be fixed in the next release but not this release I guess the bug should be closed as DEFERRED...
Actually, I'd rather not close this bug. It will be easier for me to track and easier for me to remember to fix it, if it remains open and assigned.
This has been fixed and committed to CVS. Thanks again for the feedback.
*** Bug 74536 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***