clone 228665 -1 reassign -1 kernel retitle -1 kernel: disable /dev/psaux alias of /dev/input/mice in Linux 2.6 by default severity -1 wishlist thanks On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 07:08:32PM +0100, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: > Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes: > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 08:11:44AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:00:24PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > >> > That's not what I asked. :) > >> > > >> > I asked if /dev/psaux now also "gives the events of all mice handled by > >> > the input layer, which handles most if not all input in 2.6 kernels." > >> > >> By default /dev/psaux doesn't exist in 2.6 kernels. I added a config > >> option to make it synonymous to /dev/input/mice for those too lazy to > >> update their XF86Config. > >> > >> Does this answer your question? > > > > Ugh! I am not sure that is wise! It definitely makes life a lot harder > > for me in the XF86Config department. > > How about getting Herbert Xu to disable it in our 2.6 kernels, since the > default XFree86 setup works fine without it? Herbert, Are you willing to do this for our 2.6 kernels? (Please see the logs of bug #228665 for more background on this request.) -- G. Branden Robinson | I just wanted to see what it looked Debian GNU/Linux | like in a spotlight. branden@debian.org | -- Jim Morrison http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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