Re: installing kernel 2.6.4 on (not over) 2.4

[Jim Cornette <jim-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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