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.
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 07:17:08PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > 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. Unless we've got a counterexample to its superfluity dropping it sounds like the way to go. The weird thing is Sven's going on about device nodes' names/locations. Sven, what's setting up your device nodes? -- wli
