SuSE Linux: Version 6.4
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Kernel: Versions since 2.2.16
devs.rpm
from our FTP server:
Create a symlink to the new mouse device and upgrade your config files:
su - cd /dev rm -fv mouse ln -sfv input/mice mouseChange the rc.config variables for gpm.
GPM_PARAM="-t ps2 -m /dev/mouse" CREATE_FBCONF=no
Make sure that the "MOUSE=" section, in rc.config, looks like this:
MOUSE="/dev/input/mice"Change the pointer section in the config file /etc/XF86Config:
Section "Pointer" Device "/dev/mouse" Protocol "IMPS/2" EndSectionRun lilo before you reboot your machine on the i386 architecture.
1 The required kernel modules are already compiled into the kernel, please ignore the warnings from usb.rpm about the missing ohci-hub module.
More information about the new USB stack can be found here:
http://www.suse.cz/development/input/quick.html