Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:23:10 +0100
From: Marc Koschewski <marc@osknowledge.org>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Marc Koschewski <marc@osknowledge.org>, Ian McDonald <imcdnzl@gmail.com>,
       Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.15-rc2-mm1
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* Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> [2005-11-23 12:12:38 -0800]:

> On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 08:50:54PM +0100, Marc Koschewski wrote:
> > * Ian McDonald <imcdnzl@gmail.com> [2005-11-24 08:33:36 +1300]:
> > 
> > > On 11/24/05, Marc Koschewski <marc@osknowledge.org> wrote:
> > > > Just booted into 2.6.15-rc2-mm1. The 'mouse problem' (as reported earlier) still
> > > > persists, moreover, some stuff's now really not gonna work anymore. I logged in
> > > > via gdm once and rebooted.
> > > >
> > > > Ragards,
> > > >         Marc
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Mouse problem is userspace. See bug 340202 on the Debian site.
> > > 
> > > Ian
> > 
> > ===
> > Package: udev
> > Version: 0.074-3
> > Severity: critical
> > Justification: breaks the whole system
> > 
> > 
> > When running Linux 2.6.15-rc1+, the new nested class devices used by the
> > input class prevent /dev/input/ from being created, rendering X
> > unusable.
> > ===
> > 
> > The problem over here exists _only_ in the -mm series, not plain 2.6.15-rc1
> > or 2.6.15-rc2. What's up then!? I use udev 0.74-3 as well. Mysterious...
> 
> It's a userspace issue as to how udev is creating the initial device
> nodes in Debian.
> 
> Odd that this only shows up in the -mm releases, as it should also show
> up for you in the -rc1 and -rc2 kernels.

I'm impressed ... :/
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