Bug#316540: kernel-image-2.6-sparc64: Mouse problems using a Sun Ultra 60

[Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>]

severity 316539 normal
severity 316540 normal
reassign 316539 kernel-image-2.6.8-2-sparc64
reassign 316540 kernel-image-2.6.8-2-sparc64
merge 316539 316540
tags 316540 sarge
thanks

On Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Salvador Eduardo Tropea wrote:

> The mouse isn't properly initialized by the kernel.
> If I turn of the computer and start with 2.6 kernel the mouse doesn't work at
> all. I tried "cat /dev/psaux" and nothing appears.

This problem is fixed in kernel-image-2.6.8-2-sparc64 version 2.6.8-16, 
which unfortunately did not make it into Sarge. Possible work arounds are 
to unplug and plug again the mouse after booting (ugly), or grab the newer 
kernel image from testing/unstable (may prevent the installation of the 
updated Sarge kernels, once they appear). If you are comfortable 
with building your own kernels, you can use the patch [0] to fix the 
problem.

[0] http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/kernel/trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/patches/sparc64-sunsu-init.dpatch?op=file&rev=0&sc=0

Best regards,

Jurij Smakov                                        jurij@wooyd.org
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