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Bug#831286: installation-reports: Reiser4 (SFRN 4.0.1) linux-image-4.6.0-1+reiser4.0.1-amd64(4.6.3-1) d-i on Jessie successful install on HP Pavilion



Control: reassign -1 xserver-xorg-input-all 1:7.7+15
Control: retitle -1 Drop dependency on xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
Control: severity -1 important

On Thu, 2016-07-14 at 12:18 +0000, jose@metztli-it.com wrote:
[...]
> Boot method: USB
> Image version: https://metztli.it/readOnlyEphemeral/metztli-jessie_4.6.3-1.iso https://metztli.it/readOnlyEphemeral/metztli-jessie_4.6.3-1.SHA256SUM
[...]
> Comments/Problems:
> 
> Reiser4 [Software Format Release Number (SFRN) 4.0.1]-enabled d-i on USB[*], implemented expert install with Debian Desktop Environment GUI.
> Custom kernel embedded as UDEB in Debian-Installer (d-i), automatically downloaded kernel & matching reiser4progs from metztli.it.
> d-i also fetched required linux-base 4.3 dependency from Jessie backports and last d-i phase removed nfs-common and xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse[**]
>  - as it conflicted with custom kernel package.
>
> https://metztli.it/readOnlyEphemeral/jessie-reiser4-tlacatecolotl.png
> 
> Sample install sequence originally illustrated on Debian Sid:
> https://metztli.it/blog/index.php/ixiptli/reiser4-sfrn-4-0-1
> https://metztli.it/blog/index.php/ixiptli/installing-a-reiser4-patched-linux
> 
> [*]
> dd if=metztli-jessie_4.6.3-1.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M; sync
> (where, of course, /dev/sdb represents [your] USB device)
> 
> [**] Note removing xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse also removes task-gnome-desktop, task-desktop, and input driver metapackage xserver-xorg-input-all
[...]

This is definitely a bug in xserver-xorg-input-all.  The kernel driver
for the VMware mouse device is incompatible with Xorg's vmmouse driver
but works with the generic evdev and libinput drivers.  xserver-xorg-
input-all must not depend on the vmmouse driver.

However, the Xorg vmmouse driver will continue to be used in jessie.
The custom kernel used in this image should not include the vmmouse
driver and should not declare that it breaks xserver-xorg-input-
vmmouse.  This is what has been done in the jessie-backports kernel
package.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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