Bug 578 - Installer fails to set svgalib mouse type
Summary: Installer fails to set svgalib mouse type
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 5.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1998-12-23 23:58 UTC by Chris Evans
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1998-12-28 21:07:21 UTC
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Description Chris Evans 1998-12-23 23:58:04 UTC 
The installer prompts the user for mouse type. In my case
this is a PS2 mouse and it is autodetected.

The installer uses this information to configure
- X windows
- gpm

However there is a third place that needs configuring that
the installer forgets,
- SVGAlib (/etc/vga/libvga.config)

Without this fix a user has to know how to manually fix
svgalib by editing the textual config file. Messy. And the
user is deprived of quake :-)
Comment 1 David Lawrence 1998-12-28 21:07:59 UTC 
Thank you for the suggestion. It has been noted and we will consider
this for upcoming releases.
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