On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 10:24 -0500, Mark Haney wrote: > On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:08:04 -0800, Tom 'Needs A Hat' Mitchell > <mitch48@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 07:58:47PM -0800, Alex wrote: > >> From: "Alex" <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:58:47 -0800 > >> Subject: Re: FC2 X issues > >> Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> I can boot with original kernel and with compiled from source 2.6.2 > >> kernel, > >> but with newer kernels delivered through up2date my system goes crasy. > >> It > >> actually tries to start X session, I can see distorted - out of sync > >> blank > >> desktop with an "X" of mouse pointer in the middle for a second then No > >> analog signal message is shown and screen becomes black. > >> I tried to play with XF86Config, but it does not do any good. > >> Alex. > > > I know it's the wrong list, but I asked the same question and I"ll offer > the answer I got on the test list. You need to change the mouse device in > XF86Config from /dev/psaux or /dev/mouse to /dev/input/mice. It fixed the > problem I hAD with X failing on updated kernels. >From what I gather from discussion at arstechnica - it's only an issue with Fedora kernel updates - vanilla kernels don't have the issue.