Bug#237574: #237574 X cannot start under kernel 2.6.3

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com>]

Michel Dänzer wrote:
> 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,
It is?  Why isn't this loudly documented somewhere?  :-)

> so you get double mouse events with a
> Debian generated XF86Config-4 with the mouse device selected as
> /dev/psaux?
That's an interesting theory, but doesn't appear to be true -- I'm 
certainly not getting double mouse events.