Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 72284
PS2 Mouse is not recognized during install.
Last modified: 2014-03-16 22:30:19 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020529 Description of problem: PS2 mouse is not recognized during install. Forced into text install. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.boot CD 1 2.mouse is not recognized, forced into text install 3. when the install is complete, startx fails. No valid modes found no screens found I suspect that the problem is that no modes are entered into the XF86Config file. This info was not prompted for during the text install. Actual Results: Additional info: When I do a RedHat 7.2 or 7.3 install on the same hardware, the Ps2 Mouse is recognized.
Not a 4suite problem
Does this work better in (null)? Do you have a ps/2 mouse and a USB keyboard, or both ps/2?
Not sure what you mean by "Does this work better in (null)?". Is Limbo null? Is there a new/different beta other than Limbo? I'm using a PS2 mouse and a USB keyboard. I have not tried both as PS2.
OK, this is a kernel bug in Limbo that was fixed with a later kernel.
How can I acquire this new kernel?
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS/
Just what is rawhide? A new beta? How does it fit with respect to Limbo and null?
rawhide is daily-to-weekly snapshots of our development tree.
Is this all that I need for a P4? Are there other dependent RPM's necessary to upgrade the kernel? kernel-2.4.18-12.5.i686.rpm
It should be all you need, yes. Anything else new it needs should show up as a RPM requirement.
Would you recommed that I install null and then upgrade the kernel? Or should I just stick with Limbo and upgrade it?
Either should work. (null) is the replacement for limbo, so it has more newer things.