Re: 2 kernels, 2 different mice locations

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2010/2/17 Aymeric O. <ejisneos@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I'm using 2 kernels on my distribution. The "official" one is 2.6.32,
> and I'm providing a 2.6.29.6-rt24 for those who want to use RealTime.
> But since we upgraded udev to the latest version, some of /dev files are
> placed at different locations depending on which kernel is used.
>
> With 2.6.32, everything works fine, but now, when I boot with
> 2.6.29.6-rt24, I cannot move my mouse unless I symlink /dev/mice to
> /dev/input/mice. And it doesn't completely work, because I'm unable to
> scroll.

New udev versions and old kernels need some old udev rules to name
device nodes. You should be able to use the Gentoo rules, which seem
to support this:
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git;a=blob;f=rules/gentoo/30-kernel-compat.rules;hb=HEAD

Kay
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