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Re: [PLUG] kernel 2.6 and /dev/psaux
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> 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?
I do have /dev/input:
Try:
cd /dev && ./MAKEDEV input
It worked on my debian testing machine.
I have run kernel 2.6 on a machine w/o any mouse problems. The only thing
holding me back is sound. The new kernel "felt" faster, but on the laptop
that I use it on w/o X there are no big differences.
> 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?
As per Walt's suggestion, just use a differing link as default in lilo.
I have something like:
/vmlinuz-default linked to my default kernel in /boot.
Fred
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