Bug#237574: #237574 X cannot start under kernel 2.6.3
On Sun, 2004-03-14 at 00:12, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 08:37, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> >
> >>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? :-)
IIRC it's in the Linux input layer FAQ at least, but I don't know if
that counts as loudly...
> > 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.
It's not a theory, see bug #228665.
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