Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261979AbUDTA0h (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 20:26:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261981AbUDTA0h (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 20:26:37 -0400 Received: from ra.sai.msu.su ([158.250.29.2]:4481 "EHLO ra.sai.msu.su") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261979AbUDTA02 (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 20:26:28 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 04:26:20 +0400 (MSD) From: "E.Rodichev" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: /dev/psaux problem (2.6.5) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1863 Lines: 44 Hi, as it was described already, the new 2.6.0 approach for handling some input devices (mice!) lead to many troubles. As for me, the tp4d daemon (which is for IBM ThinkPad trackpoint) is very useful and reliable with 2.0, 2.2 and 2.4 kernels, but it doesn't work with 2.6.x. There is a good problem description at http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~danlee/fun/psaux/ and a user space driver which solves the problem. It works fine with 2.6.3, but not with 2.6.5. The reason is that in 2.6.5 it looks impossible to disable the existing mouse driver, which conflicts with driver from Tuukka Toivonen. My temporary solution was as follows: --- drivers/input/Kconfig.orig 2004-04-04 07:36:18.000000000 +0400 +++ drivers/input/Kconfig 2004-04-20 03:45:31.000000000 +0400 @@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ comment "Userland interfaces" config INPUT_MOUSEDEV tristate "Mouse interface" if EMBEDDED - default y depends on INPUT ---help--- Say Y here if you want your mouse to be accessible as char devices I am not experienced with the modern config managment, but it looks like a bug in 2.6.5 configuration system. I suggest also to include Tuukka Toivonen driver in 2.6.x tree, as it is stable, clearly described, and it solves many compatibility problems. _________________________________________________________________________ Evgeny Rodichev Sternberg Astronomical Institute email: er@sai.msu.su Moscow State University Phone: 007 (095) 939 2383 Fax: 007 (095) 932 8841 http://www.sai.msu.su/~er - 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/