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Re: installing kernel 2.6.4 on (not over) 2.4

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To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: Re: installing kernel 2.6.4 on (not over) 2.4

From: Jim Cornette <jim-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:29:21 -0500

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Michal Zeravik wrote:

Well, rpm 2.6. is installed with deps solved. I've rebuild nvidia glx video driver but X hangs my computer. There were some mouse and keyb failures. Any ideas?

You might need to edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config and change the reference to "/dev/psaux" to "/dev/input/mice"

Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" # change this to "/dev/input/mice" for later versions of the 2.6 kernel.

If you are running both the 2.4 and the 2.6 kernel for different reasons. You will either have to edit the XF86Config file when changing from one kernel to the other version or use a symlink from "/dev/mouse" to point to "/dev/psaux" for the 2.4 kernel and to "/dev/input/mice" for the 2.6 kernel.

PITA, but the later kernels are built without /dev/psaux.

Jim

michalz