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Re: Mouse behavior with kernel 2.6.X ( running 2.6.4 and 2.6.3 on another machine)



On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 06:34:48PM -0500, Faheem Mitha wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Pigeon wrote:
> 
> > Ah, right... It does for me, but then I've only got the one mouse, on
> > the PS/2 port, and I've told 2.6 to use /dev/psaux. So you could try
> > something like this (untested, bit yucky, but should work):
> >
> > - configure X appropriately for 2.4, and copy /etc/X11/XF86Config to
> > /etc/X11/XF86Config-2.4
> > - configure X appropriately for 2.6, and copy /etc/X11/XF86Config to
> > /etc/X11/XF86Config-2.6
> >
> > # cat > /etc/init.d/xf86configfudge
> > #!/bin/bash
> > XCONF=/etc/X11/XF86Config-2.`uname -r | cut -d '.' -f 2`
> > echo Installing X config: $XCONF
> > cp $XCONF /etc/X11/XF86Config
> > ^D
> > # chmod a+x /etc/init.d/xf86configfudge
> > # ln -s /etc/init.d/xf86configfudge /etc/rc2.d/S10xf86configfudge
> >
> > - may need editing if you're using XF86Config-4, but the principle
> > remains the same.
> 
> Thanks for the detailed outline. Unfortunately there does not appear to be
> a general mechanism for this. 

In fact, I wouldn't be too surprised if there was, but buried in
obscurity somewhere! ... because...

> I suppose that the need for different X
> config files depending on kernel version only appears rarely.

...this is true. I don't think there was any need for a change between
2.2 and 2.4; and most people don't switch back and forth between
radically different kernel versions very often... I suspect you won't
have to either once 2.6 has been out a bit longer.

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