On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 08:19:07AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > For example, i know that the XF86Config-4 file needs to be changed when > using a ps2 mouse, since it was /dev/psaux previously, and is > /dev/input/mice now. Breaking X during the upgrade is hardly acceptable > if we are going to make 2.6 the default.
The /dev/psaux situation seems to be a big mess. I added /dev/psaux upstream long ago so I wouldn't have to change my XF86Config for 2.4 vs 2.6. In the meantime X can have two different input devices specified and won't fail if one of them doesn't work but gives strange results when both work. And Debian has both on the default XF86Config. Currently the Debian kernel has another config option to have /dev/psaux support in the kernel but disabled by default. I really hate that hack and would just remove /dev/psaux from the Debian kernel as apparently our X packages don't need that transition-aid.
