Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 15:13:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 15:13:28 -0500 Received: from smtp-outbound.cwctv.net ([213.104.18.10]:44105 "EHLO smtp.cwctv.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 15:13:26 -0500 From: To: vojtech@suse.cz, jgarzik@pobox.com, josh@stack.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vojtech@suse.cz Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 20:19:19 +0000 Subject: Re: Petition against kernel configuration options madness... MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Liberate TVMail 2.6 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="1036354759206" Message-ID: <0e23310182003b2DTVMAIL11@smtp.cwctv.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3597 Lines: 88 --1036354759206 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Then perhaps the internal speaker could be moved... Regards, Dean. On Sun, 3 Nov 2002 20:07:05 +0100 Vojtech Pavlik wrote: --1036354759206 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.116.70.75]) by smtp.cwctv.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.447.44); Sun, 3 Nov 2002 19:06:38 +0000 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 14:00:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 14:00:51 -0500 Received: from twilight.ucw.cz ([195.39.74.230]:6075 "EHLO twilight.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 14:00:44 -0500 Received: (from vojtech@localhost) by twilight.ucw.cz (8.10.2/8.9.3) id gA3J75K08383; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 20:07:05 +0100 Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 20:07:05 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Jos Hulzink , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Vojtech Pavlik Subject: Re: Petition against kernel configuration options madness... Message-ID: <20021103200704.A8377@ucw.cz> References: <200211031809.45079.josh@stack.nl> <3DC56270.8040305@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3DC56270.8040305@pobox.com>; from jgarzik@pobox.com on Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 12:52:48PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: linux-kernel-owner+Hell.Surfers=40cwctv.net@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 12:52:48PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Jos Hulzink wrote: > > >It took me about an hour to find out why my keyboard didn't work in 2.5.45. > >Well... after all it seemed that I need to enable 4 ! options inside the > >input configuration, just to get my default, nothing special PS/2 keyboard up > >and running. Oh, and I didn't even have my not so fancy boring default PS/2 > >mouse configured then. Guys, being able to configure everything is nice, but > >with the 2.5 kernel, things are definitely getting out of control IMHO. > > > > > > This is potentially becoming a FAQ... I ran into this too, as did > several people in the office. People who compile custom kernels seem to > run into this when they first jump into 2.5.x. AT Keyboard support is > definitely buried :/ > > Unfortunately I don't have any concrete suggestions for Vojtech (input > subsystem maintainer), just a request that it becomes easier and more > obvious how to configure the keyboard and mouse that is found on > 90% > of all Linux users computers [IMO]... Too bad you don't have any suggestions. I completely agree this should be simplified, while I wouldn't be happy to lose the possibility of not compiling AT keyboard support in. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ --1036354759206-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/