| Stephen Gran on 26 Jan 2005 18:07:58 -0000 |
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 10:47:34AM -0500, Jeff Abrahamson said: > I just upgraded to kernel 2.6.8 from 2.4.27. But now I can't use X. > The issue is that /dev/mouse isn't a valid device. Currently it > points to /dev/psaux. > > Googling (in console-mode) I found that many people found that there > troubles ended with > > ln -s /dev/input/mice /dev/mouse > > But /dev/input does not exist on my machine. > > Any suggestions? modprobe psmouse should fix it. If it does, add psmouse to /etc/modules > A related issue is that I note that dist-upgrade now wants to install > a new 2.4 kernel. If I let it do that, I think it is going to want to > modify the /vmlinuz* links, which would take me back to kernel 2.4 > next time I boot. Any idea how to stop that from happening? If it is an upgrade of the same kernel version (for instance, just a new version of kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686) everything will be fine. If it is a different kernel-image, it will indeed overwrite your links. For a 'let me manage my links, thank you' approach, take a look at /etc/kernel-img.conf. I don't know all the gory implementation details, but I know that's where it's set. I believe there's manpage for it as well. HTH, -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | "... an experienced, industrious, | | steve@lobefin.net | ambitious, and often quite often | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | picturesque liar." -- Mark Twain | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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