On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:05:59 -0700, Parameshwara Bhat wrote: > Hello list, > > I think I have a bug on hand. I want confirmation to file it as a bug. > > I recntly upgraded my computers at office and home to FC2 from FC1. At > office, as smooth as it could be. At home too, it was perfect except for > one major problem in FC2 not able to drive my Serial mouse. This is an old > Celeron 460 Mhz computer with which FC1 coped admirably and had detected > my serial mouse at installation. FC2 failed to detect my serial mouse and > when properly chosen in subsequent screens, it failed to drive it. > > FC2 kept my old kernel 2.4.22-1.2194.nptl while installing a new 2.6.5 > kernel. I have detected a pattern in mouse not working when I boot in > 2.6.5 and working always when I boot in 2.4.22 series. > > This pattern is further reinforced by what happens with Knoppix - 3.6 Live > CD. Whenever I chose 2.6 seies kernel, Knoppix fails to drive my mouse, > when I let be the default kernel 2.4.2x , it never fails to detect and > drive mouse. > > I have also run SUSE 9.1 with kernel 2.6.4-52 with which Serial mouse is > detected and works fine. > > It seems the bug is in kernel at & above 2.6.5. > > Is there anubody else who has experienced something similar? I want to > confirm before filing bug. More info here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=115513 There's another one somewhere about serial mice after installation. Keep service gpm enabled to activate your serial mouse in X. chkconfig --level 2345 gpm on service gpm start -- Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) - Linux 2.6.8-1.541 loadavg: 0.07 0.11 0.07 -- Fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list
