On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 10:59:35 -0600 Steven wrote: > On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 06:01, Kumba wrote: > <snip> > > 2.6.0 works fine for me on x86, but then again I use purely console. > > > > From what I've heard, there are still problems when using X from > > time > > to time and such, so 2.6.0 isn't quite there yet. In fact, Andrew > > Morton, 2.6 maintainer, is still keeping his -mm tree alive, and > > most patches/fixes will go in there for testing before they wind up > > in the next 2.6.x release. (2.6.0-mm1 has a ton of patches). > > My 2.6.0 problems so far are: > > * I have a KVM that doesn't support mouse and keyboard emulation. When > I switch away from Linux and then come back the mouse cursor goes > crazy. Fine enough because I use gpm in repeater mode, have X reading > /dev/gpmdata and use a keyboard sequence to restart gpm for me; > however; under 2.6.0 restarting gpm doesn't help. The mouse cursor > still goes crazy and the kernel reports "psmouse.c: Wheel Mouse at > isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away."
Hm, I think I read something about this kind of thing in a description on www.kernelnewbies.org (IIRC it's called "what to expect from 2.6). It might be a clue. > > * Module auto-loading is not working. Don't know why yet because I > haven't looked into it. Module handling has changed, you need new module tools. > > * USB mass-storage isn't working. Just found this one today and > haven't had a chance to look at it. usbdevfs has changed to usbfs - it might have something to do with it. Cheers -- Horror Vacui Registered Linux user #257714 Go get yourself... counted: http://counter.li.org/ - and keep following the GNU. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
