Bug#237574: #237574 X cannot start under kernel 2.6.3
On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 08:37, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> <posted & mailed>
>
> Mason Thomas wrote:
>
> >>>Since kernel 2.6.3 has recently become available to testing, I installed
> >>>it
> >>>and booted. The kernel was unable to startup gdm, and I also could not
> >>>"startx". The 2.4 kernels do not appear to have this problem. The kernel
> >>>log
> >>>complains about errors with XFree86, so that is why I am submitting it
> >>>under
> >>>this package.
>
> lsmod, and make sure the 'psmouse' modules is listed.
> If not, `modprobe psmouse` and try again.
>
> It's not loaded by default in kernel 2.6 for unknown reasons.
Because /dev(/misc)/psaux is deprecated and merely a copy of
/dev/input/mice with 2.6 kernels, so you get double mouse events with a
Debian generated XF86Config-4 with the mouse device selected as
/dev/psaux?
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