Re: Bug#279270: xserver-xfree86: Two mouse devise sections cause double speed in kernel 2.6

[Robert Neff <neff@opus.labs.agilent.com>]

Hello,

I want to call your attention to this bug:

  Bug#279270: xserver-xfree86: Two mouse devise sections cause
       double speed in kernel 2.6

  see: http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2004/12/msg00280.html

  Was reclassified to wishlist:

  > severity 279270 wishlist
  Bug#279270: xserver-xfree86: needs an init script to detect reboots between
  Linux 2.4 and 2.6 to prevent psaux mice from moving at warp speed
  Severity set to `wishlist'.

I think this is more serious.  I have found:

Running 2.6.x kernel (debian testing)

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
dexconf

in which I set the mouse to psaux, I get the two 
mouse sections in the XF86Config-4 file explained in the original
bug report.  This results in double speed, and quite jerky
mouse behaviour.

Note that I am running the 2.6 kernel the whole time, so I'm not
going back and forth on a reboot, as described originally.  

For me, the bug might be better described as:

configure of xserver-xfree86 on a 2.6 kernel results in 
mis-configured mouse when psaux is selected.  

This should at least have a better recommendation in 
the text in the reconfigure script, so users who don't know
much better using a generic PS/2 scroll-mouse can make a good
choice.

This occurred on 2 machines (667 MHz P-III, 400 MHz P-II), with 
debian testing distributions updated and upgraded within the past
2 weeks.

-- Robert Neff
robert@neffs.net
(at work: robert_neff@agilent.com)